L'Empire de la nuit (1962)
Directed by Pierre Grimblat

Comedy
aka: The Empire of Night

Film Synopsis

Entertainer Eddie Parker has been looking for work in Florida  for some time when his contract in Paris offers him the prospect of a job at the cabaret Gay Paris.  When he arrives at the airport he is disappointed to learn that the flowers and music which greet him are not for him but for the funeral of David Balkis, the man who owned most of the French cabaret.  Balkis's three brothers - Melchior, Balthazar and Gaspard - have no intention of handing over anything whatsoever to his widow Geneviève and his son.  Eddie has no choice but to give the brothers a helping hand, although what follows is not the kind of entertainment he had been expecting...
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Film Credits

  • Director: Pierre Grimblat
  • Script: Frédéric Dard, Pierre Grimblat
  • Cinematographer: Michel Kelber
  • Music: Michel Legrand
  • Cast: Eddie Constantine (Eddie), Elga Andersen (Widow), Geneviève Grad (Girl), Harold Nicholas (Sidekick), Michel de Ré (Melchior), Hélène Constantine (Une girl), Tanja Constantine (Une girl), Pierre Doris (Le chef du gang des cabarets), Jacques Fabbri (L'acrobate Strom), Jean Galland (Le magicien), Sky Hi Lee (Le géant), Ann Lewis (Une girl), Guy Bedos, Roger Carel, Claude Cerval, Jean Clarieux, Hubert de Lapparent, Bernard Dumaine, Gilberte Géniat, Jean Juillard
  • Country: France
  • Language: French
  • Support: Black and White
  • Runtime: 86 min
  • Aka: The Empire of Night

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