On this day in movie history - Police Python 357 (1976)

Police Python 357

a.k.a. The Case Against Ferro

directed by Alain Corneau,

written by Alain Corneau and Daniel Boulanger,

based on the novel The Big Clock by Kenneth Fearing,

was released in France on March 31, 1976.

Music by Georges Delerue.

Cast:

Yves Montand, François Périer, Simone Signoret, Stefania Sandrelli, Mathieu Carrière, Vadim Glowna, Claude Bertrand, Gabriel Doulcet, Alice Reichen, Tony Rödel, Georges-Fréderic Dehlen, Serge Marquand, Stéphane Macha, Roger Muni, Malvina Penne, Michel Ruhl, Franz Sauer, Daniel Breton.

Born on this day – Simone Signoret:

Simone Signoret

Actress

March 25, 1921 – September 30, 1985

On this day in movie history - Les Diaboliques (1955)

 

Les Diaboliques

a.k.a. Diabolique, The Devils, The Fiends,

directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot,

written by Henri-Georges Clouzot, Jérôme Géronimi, René Masson and Frédéric Grendel,

based on the novel She Who Was No More by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac,

was released in France on January 29, 1955.

Music by Georges Van Parys.

 
Cast:

Simone Signoret, Véra Clouzot, Paul Meurisse, Charles Vanel, Jean Brochard, Thérèse Dorny, Michel Serrault, Georges Chamarat, Robert Dalban, Camille Guérini, Jacques Hilling, Jean Lefebvre, Aminda Montserrat, Jean Témerson, Jacques Varennes, Georges Poujouly, Yves-Marie Maurin, Noël Roquevert, Pierre Larquey, Jean-Pierre Bonnefous, Christian Brocard, Jean Clarieux, Henri Coutet, Michel Dumur, Johnny Hallyday, Henri Humbert, Zappy Max, Roberto Rodrigo, Madeleine Suffel, Jimmy Urbain.