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Blood to the Head

Blood to the Head1956

★6.386 minDrama

François Cardinaud is one of the richest shipowners in the region. But this success arouses resentment and jealousy. When Marthe, his wife, leaves the home without warning, Cardinaud sees her life cracking little by little.

Director

Gilles Grangier

Writer

Gilles Grangier Michel Audiard

Score

Henri Verdun Nino P. Tassone

Stars

Jean Gabin Renée Faure Paul Frankeur

Cast32

Jean Gabin
as François Cardinaud
Renée Faure
as Mademoiselle
Paul Frankeur
as André Drouin
Monique Mélinand
as Marthe Cardinaud
José Quaglio
as Mimile Babin
Georgette Anys
as Titine Babin
Florelle
as Sidonie Vauquier
Paul Oettly
as Julien Vauquier
Henri Crémieux
as Hubert Mandine
Léonce Corne
as Charles Mandine
Jacques Deray
as Alfred, un conducteur de car
Claude Sylvain
as Raymonde Babin
Paul Faivre
as Monsieur Cardinaud - père
P
Paul Azaïs
as Alphonse, le patron des 'Charentes'
Rivers Cadet
as Le patron du Robinson
Y
Yolande Laffon
as Isabelle Mandine
Julienne Paroli
as Madame Cardinaud - mère
Gabriel Gobin
as Arthur Cardinaud
Marcel Pérès
as Thévenot
H
Hugues Wanner
as L'expert
J
Joël Schmitt
as Le patron du 'Grand Café'
J
Jean-Louis Bras
as Jean Cardinaud
France Asselin
as Mauricette Cardinaud (uncredited)
Bruno Balp
as Pionsard, un cafetier (uncredited)
Charles Bouillaud
as Le chef de gare (uncredited)
Émile Genevois
as Le garçon de course (uncredited)
René Hell
as Le chauffeur des Cardinaud (uncredited)
Jacques Marin
as L'agent de police (uncredited)
Albert Michel
as Duleux, le chef de gare (uncredited)
Georges Montant
as (uncredited)
M
Marcel Roche
as Le mandataire en huîtres de Marennes (uncredited)
Z
Zeimet
as Julien (uncredited)

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