Monsieur Ripois
Monsieur Ripois
Release: 1954-04-01
·Runtime: 100m
·★ 5.9
Drame
Comédie
André Ripois, un français exilé à Londres, est un Don Juan. Sa femme Catherine, lasse de ses infidélités, part pour Édimbourg pour préparer son divorce. Pendant ce temps, André, entre plusieurs liaisons opportunistes, s'éprend de Patricia, une amie de sa femme, et, pour la séduire, utilise de nombreux stratagèmes, il va jusqu'à simuler son suicide par défenestration, mais il tombe accidentellement et reste paralysé à vie. Catherine s'imagine, comme Patricia, qu'il a tenté de se suicider à cause d'elle et renonce au divorce. Ripois devient, malgré lui, le « fidèle prisonnier » de sa femme.
Production Countries
France
United Kingdom
Production Companies
Transcontinental Film Productions (London)
Transcontinental Films
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Mona Washbourne
as Landlady
Bill Shine
as Pub Barman (uncredited)
Eric Pohlmann
as Boarding House Proprietor (uncredited)
Martin Benson
as Art (uncredited)
Gérard Philipe
as André Ripois
Valerie Hobson
as Catherine Ripois
Joan Greenwood
as Norah
Gerald Campion
as Harry (uncredited)
Arthur Howard
as Priest (uncredited)
Margaret Johnston
as Anne
Percy Marmont
as Catherine's Father (uncredited)
Diana Decker
as Diana (uncredited)
Harry Towb
as Stewart (uncredited)
Eileen Way
as Miss Wilson, 1st Landlady (uncredited)
Natasha Parry
as Patricia
Germaine Montero
as Marcelle