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They Were Five (1952)

★ 5.2/10 89 min Drama France French
Director: Jack Pinoteau
Streaming: Not available

Description

Now that the world conflict is over, five inseparable wartime buddies swear eternal friendship now to each other. But there's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip. Jean becomes a postman, Marcel a boxer, Roger an actor, André a student and Philippe remains what he has always been, a young man of good social standing. Roger, who can't find any role, is introduced through his singer sister Valérie, to Frédo, a shady nightclub owner.Roger soon becomes one of Frédo's henchmen. To make matters worse, he swipes Jean's fiancée, Simone. Marcel, who loses fight after fight, ends up joining Fredo's gang as well. André, who wanted to redeem the faults of his father during the Occupation, gets killed in the Indochina war. Marcel is shot down while taking part in a robbery. In her turn, Valérie is bumped off by an accomplice of Fredo and Roger is sent to jail.

Top Cast

Jean Carmet
Jean Carmet Jean - le postier
Jean Gaven
Jean Gaven Marcel - le boxeur
Michel Jourdan
Michel Jourdan Roger Courtois - l'acteur
Jean-Claude Pascal
Jean-Claude Pascal Philippe
Arlette Merry
Arlette Merry Valérie - La soeur de Roger, chanteuse de cabaret
Louis de Funès
Louis de Funès Albert, le régisseur
François Martin André Lamberay
Nicole Besnard
Nicole Besnard Simone - l'amie de Jean

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