The Cape of Hope
Le Cap de l'Espérance
Release: 1951-11-14
·Runtime: 90m
·★ 4.5
Crime
Drama
Lyria, a faded beauty who runs a seedy waterfront bar, is madly in love with Bob, a crooked attorney. Bob can't bring himself to confess his love for Minnie, the pretty daughter of Simon, a safe cracker. In order to run away with her, Bob, one of the masterminds of a big-time robbery, betrays his friends. But Lyria, who has found out what is happening, makes Minnie fall into a deadly trap.
Production Countries
France
Italy
Production Companies
Francinex
Les Films Ariane
La Société des Films Sirius
Italia Produzione Film
Cast
Claude Lehmann
Maria Grazia Buccella
as (uncredited)
Émile Genevois
as Un consommateur au bar (uncredited)
Edwige Feuillère
as Lyria
Jean Debucourt
as Commissaire André Troyon
Paolo Stoppa
as Simon Liakim
Albert Michel
as Un joueur de cartes
André Valmy
as Sem
Maurice Schutz
as Marquis du Taillis
Bernard Lajarrige
as Raymond
Jean Degrave
as Le docteur à l'hôpital (uncredited)
Paul Mercey
as Un inspecteur de police (uncredited)
Philippe Olive
as Le notaire
Jean Hébey
as M. Flavey
Gérard Buhr
Cosetta Greco
as Minnie Liakim
Robert Berri
as Un inspecteur de police (uncredited)
Gil Delamare
as Le pilote du bateau (uncredited)
Frank Villard
as Robert 'Bob' Legeay
Jean-Marc Tennberg
as Georges Monval
Jean Témerson
as Docteur Pagolos
William Tubbs
as Commodore Rinaldi
