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1957 French film

Three Days to Live

Directed by	Gilles Grangier
Written by	Peter Vanett (novel) Michel Audiard Guy Bertret Gilles Grangier
Produced by	André Deroual Jacques Gauthier
Starring	Daniel Gélin Jeanne Moreau Lino Ventura
Cinematography	Louis Née Armand Thirard
Edited by	Jacqueline Sadoul
Music by	Joseph Kosma
Production company	International Motion Pictures
Distributed by	Les Films Fernand Rivers
Release dates	14 August 1957 (1957-08-14) (Cannes Film Festival) 12 March 1958 (1958-03-12) (France)
Running time	85 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

Three Days to Live (French: Trois jours à vivre) is a 1957 French crime film directed by Gilles Grangier and starring Daniel Gélin, Jeanne Moreau and Lino Ventura. It was shot at the Saint-Maurice Studios in Paris and on location in Le Havre and Rouen. The film's sets were designed by the art director Roger Briaucourt. It premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in August 1957.

Synopsis

An actor, struggling as a part of a company touring the provinces, identifies the suspect in a murder case and becomes an overnight sensation. However the man he has accused escapes and now threatens him.

Cast

Daniel Gélin as Simon Belin
Jeanne Moreau as Jeanne Fortin
Lino Ventura as Lino Ferrari
Georges Flamant as Inspector Segalier
Albert Augier as Dédé
Aimé Clariond as Charlie Bianchi
Roland Armontel as Alexandre Bérimont
Joëlle Bernard as Mauricette
Moustache as Davros
Robert Rollis as Lucien Morisot
Evelyne Rey as Bélina
Jannick Arvel as Thérese
Jacques Marin as Le gendarme
Jean Toulout as Président des Assises
Jean-Marie Rivière as Un comédien
Jo Peignot as Patron du café
Jean Degrave as Réceptionniste de l'hôtel
Marcel Pérès as Propriétaire du thêatre
José Quaglio as Un acteur
François Joux as Secrétaire du commissaire

References

Goble p.474

Bibliography

Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

Three Days to Live at IMDb

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Written and directed	Leontine (1968) A Golden Widow (1969) Elle boit pas, elle fume pas, elle drague pas, mais... elle cause ! (1970) Comment réussir quand on est con et pleurnichard (1974)
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Films by Michel Audiard

Written and directed

Leontine (1968)
A Golden Widow (1969)
Elle boit pas, elle fume pas, elle drague pas, mais... elle cause ! (1970)
Comment réussir quand on est con et pleurnichard (1974)

Written only

Mission in Tangier (1949)
Beware of Blondes (1950)
Darling Caroline (1951)
Mr. Peek-a-Boo (1951)
My Wife Is Formidable (1951)
The Man in My Life (1952)
Massacre in Lace (1952)
She and Me (1952)
The Long Teeth (1953)
The Most Wanted Man (1953)
The Three Musketeers (1953)
April Fools' Day (1954)
The Cheerful Squadron (1954)
Love in a Hot Climate (1954)
Quay of Blondes (1954)
Gas-Oil (1955)
Blood to the Head (1956)
Mannequins of Paris (1956)
Short Head (1956)
Fugitive in Saigon (1957)
Retour de manivelle (1957)
Speaking of Murder (1957)
Three Days to Live (1957)
Le désordre et la nuit (1958)
Maigret Sets a Trap (1958)
Les Misérables (1958)
The Possessors (1958)
Archimède le clochard (1959)
Babette Goes to War (1959)
Eyes of Love (1959)
Maigret et l'affaire Saint-Fiacre (1959)
Rue des prairies (1959)
Too Late to Love (1959)
The Baron of the Locks (1960)
Love and the Frenchwoman (1960)
The Old Guard (1960)
The Counterfeiters of Paris (1961)
Famous Love Affairs (1961)
The Lions Are Loose (1961)
The President (1961)
Taxi for Tobruk (1961)
The Devil and the Ten Commandments (1962)
Emile's Boat (1962)
The Gentleman from Epsom (1962)
A Monkey in Winter (1962)
Any Number Can Win (1963)
Carom Shots (1963)
Les Tontons flingueurs (1963)
The Trip to Biarritz (1963)
La Chasse à l'homme (1964)
The Great Spy Chase (1964)
Greed in the Sun (1964)
Salad by the Roots (1964)
Une souris chez les hommes (1964)
Les Bons Vivants (1965)
Crime on a Summer Morning (1965)
La Métamorphose des cloportes (1965)
Tender Scoundrel (1966)
All Mad About Him (1967)
An Idiot in Paris (1967)
Johnny Banco (1967)
A Little Virtuous (1968)
Pasha (1968)
Under the Sign of the Bull (1969)
Incorrigible (1975)
Body of My Enemy (1976)
The Big Operator (1976)
Animal (1977)
Death of a Corrupt Man (1977)
Cop or Hood (1979)
Les Égouts du paradis (1979)
Le Guignolo (1980)
Jupiter's Thigh (1980)
Il lupo e l'agnello (1980)
Garde à Vue (1981)
The Professional (1981)
Espion, lève-toi (1982)
Deadly Circuit (1983)
Le Marginal (1983)
Dog Day (1984)
Les Morfalous (1984)
La Cage aux Folles 3: The Wedding (1985)
He Died with His Eyes Open (1985)

v t e Films directed by Gilles Grangier
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Films directed by Gilles Grangier

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