A Certain Monsieur Jo (French: Un certain Monsieur Jo) is a 1958 French crime film directed by René Jolivet and starring Michel Simon, Geneviève Kervine and Jacques Morel.[1]

A Certain Monsieur Jo
Directed byRené Jolivet
Written byRené Jolivet
Produced byJérôme Goulven
Pierre Gurgo-Salice
StarringMichel Simon
Geneviève Kervine
Jacques Morel
CinematographyNicolas Hayer
Edited bySuzanne Sandberg
Music byJoseph Kosma
Production
companies
A.T.I.C.A.
Lux Compagnie Cinématographique de France
Distributed byLux Compagnie Cinématographique de France
Release date
  • 16 April 1958 (1958-04-16)
Running time
105 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

The film's sets were designed by the art director Lucien Carré.

Synopsis

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A former gangster now happily retired and running an inn on the banks of the river Marne, is pulled back into his former life when a pair of kidnappers bring a girl they have taken to his inn and demands he shelter them.

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References

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  1. ^ Rège p.541

Bibliography

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  • Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
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