The Eleven O'Clock Woman

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The Eleven O'Clock Woman (French: La dame d'onze heures) is a 1948 French mystery thriller film directed by Jean Devaivre and starring Paul Meurisse, Micheline Francey, Gilbert Gil and Pierre Renoir.^[1] It is based on the 1938 novel of the same title by Pierre Apestéguy.^[2] It was shot at the François 1er Studios in Paris and on location around the city. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Hubert.

Synopsis

Stanislas, a young explorer recently back from Africa, goes to visit the Pescara family. When a murder takes place he sets out as an amateur detective to solve the crime.

Cast

• Paul Meurisse as Stanislas-Octave Seminario dit 'SOS'
• Micheline Francey as Muriel Pescara
• Gilbert Gil as Charles Pescara
• Pierre Renoir as Le docteur Gérard Pescara
• Jean Tissier as Guillaume
• Jean Brochard as Le juge d'instruction
• Pierre-Louis as Paul Wantz dit Delbecq
• Junie Astor as Hélène Tassin - l'infirmière
• Jean Debucourt as Le docteur Vermeulen
• Mady Berry as Brigitte Tassin
• Pierre Palau as Le portier
• Arthur Devère as L'éclusier
• Marcel Pérès as Le cantonnier
• Jean Sinoël as Le jardinier
• Georges Bever as Baptiste - le greffier
• Madeleine Suffel as La patronne de l'hôtel
• Michel Seldow as Le prestidigitateur Pablo

References

Bibliography

• Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: encyclopédie des films, 1940–1950. Pygmalion, 1986
• Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
• Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

External links

• The Eleven O'Clock Woman at IMDb