Open Letter (film)

1953 film

Gabriel Arout
Alex Joffé

Produced byJules Borkon
Pierre Gérin
Michel Lesay
Ray VenturaStarringRobert Lamoureux
Geneviève Page
Jean-Marc ThibaultCinematographyJean BourgoinEdited byRoger DwyreMusic byDenis Kieffer

Production
companies

Champs-Élysées Productions
Hoche Productions
Les Productions Cinématographiques

Distributed byCiné Sélection

Release date

11 March 1953 (1953-03-11)

Running time

100 minutesCountryFranceLanguageFrench

Open Letter (French: Lettre ouverte) is a 1953 French comedy film directed by Alex Joffé and starring Robert Lamoureux, Geneviève Page and Jean-Marc Thibault.^[1]^[2] The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Clavel. Location shooting took place around Paris.

Synopsis

Martial Simonet is very jealous of his wife Colette and when he sees her writing a letter he demands to know who it is to she refuses to tell him. After she has posted it he bribes the postman to allow him to have it, but has so borrow the money from his parents in law. In cahoots with Colette, the postman has actually passed him a fake letter. It is only in the end that Martial becomes assured of his wife's fidelity.

Cast

Robert Lamoureux as Martial Simonet
Geneviève Page as Colette Simonet
Jean-Marc Thibault as Gaston
Paul Bonifas as Honoré - le beau-père
Rosy Varte as La concierge - Madame Pépin
Sophie Mallet as La bonne - Hortense
Jacques Hilling as Le flic - Monsieur Pépin
Georges Wilson as Un locataire
Germaine de France as La vieille locataire - Madame Gallot
Claude Castaing as Le monsieur galant
Solange Certain as Henriette
Pierre Dux as Monsieur Lesage
Mary Marquet as Laurence - La belle-mère
Michel Lemoine as Le peintre
Jean Berton as L'inspecteur
Geneviève Morel as La grosse dame
Paul Villé as Le chauffeur

References

^ Rège p.538
^ Bessy & Chirat p.187

Bibliography

Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: 1951-1955. Pygmalion, 1989.
Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.