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Short Head

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Short Head
Directed byNorbert Carbonnaux
Written byMichel Audiard
Norbert Carbonnaux
Albert Simonin
Produced byJean-Paul Guibert
StarringFernand Gravey
Micheline Dax
Jean Richard
CinematographyRoger Dormoy
Edited byJacqueline Thiédot
Music byJean Prodomidès
Production
company
Intermondia Films
Distributed byCCFC
Rank Film Distributors (UK)
Release date
  • 10 October 1956 (1956-10-10)
Running time
88 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Short Head (French: Courte tête) is a 1956 French comedy film directed by Norbert Carbonnaux, written by Michel Audiard and starring Fernand Gravey, Micheline Dax and Jean Richard.[1] The film is known under the alternative title Photo Finish.[2]

It was shot at the Photosonor Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacques Colombier.

Synopsis

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Two swindlers try to cheat a provincial poultry magnate by getting him to bet on a sure loser in a major horse race.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Vincendeau p.154
  2. ^ Short Head at IMDb

Bibliography

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  • Ginette Vincendeau. Stars and Stardom in French Cinema. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2000.
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