Directed by:
Julien DuvivierCinematography:
Nicolas HayerComposer:
Jean WienerCast:
Viviane Romance, Michel Simon, Paul Bernard, Michel Ardan, Marcel Pérès, Olivier Darrieux, Lucas Gridoux, Max Dalban, Sylvain, Guy Favières, Émile Drain (more)VOD (1)
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Proud, eccentric, and antisocial, Monsieur Hire (Michel Simon) has always kept to himself. But after a woman turns up dead in the Paris suburb where he lives, he feels drawn to a pretty young newcomer to town (Viviane Romance), discovers that his neighbors are only too ready to be suspicious of him, and is framed for the murder. Based on a novel by Georges Simenon, Julien Duvivier’s first film after his return to France from Hollywood finds the acclaimed poetic realist applying his consummate craft to darker, moodier ends. Propelled by its two deeply nuanced lead performances, the tensely noirish Panique exposes the dangers of the knives-out mob mentality, delivering as well a pointed allegory of the behavior of Duvivier’s countrymen during the war. (Criterion)
(more)Cast
Viviane Romance
France
Best movies:
Panic (1946)
The Seven Deadly Sins (1952)
Any Number Can Win (1963)
Michel Simon
Switzerland
Best movies:
The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
It Happened in Broad Daylight (1958)
Beauty of the Devil (1950)
Paul Bernard
France
Best movies:
Panic (1946)
Les Maudits (1947)
The Ladies of the Bois de Boulogne (1945)
Michel Ardan
Ottoman Empire
Best movies:
Panic (1946)
The Sleepwalker (1951)
Last Refuge (1947)
Marcel Pérès
France
Best movies:
Le Glaive et la balance (1963)
Order of the Daisy (1967)
Jean-Marc ou La vie conjugale (1963)
Olivier Darrieux
France
Best movies:
Un drôle de dimanche (1958)
Ruy Blas (1948)
Panic (1946)
Lucas Gridoux
Romania
Best movies:
Bibi Fricotin (1951)
Behold the Man (1935)
Panic (1946)
Max Dalban
France
Best movies:
Judgment of the God (1952)
The Impossible Mr. Pipelet (1955)
Panic (1946)
Sylvain
France
Best movies:
The Gates of Paris (1957)
The Red and the Black (1954)
Male Companion (1964)
Guy Favières
France
Best movies:
Monsieur Vincent (1947)
Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954)
Children of Paradise (1945)
Émile Drain
France
Best movies:
Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954)
The Country I Come From (1956)
Panic (1946)
Emma Lyonel
France
Best movies:
Panic (1946)
Strange Desire of Mr. Bard (1953)
The Ladies of the Bois de Boulogne (1945)
Robert Balpo
Best movies:
The Gates of Paris (1957)
Maigret and the St. Fiacre Case (1959)
Panic (1946)
Lita Recio
France
Best movies:
Rififi (1955)
Delusions of Grandeur (1971)
Panic (1946)
Charles Dorat
France
Best movies:
Panic (1946)
L'Atalante (1934)
The Golem (1936)