The Cupid Club (French: Bal Cupidon) is a 1949 comedy crime film directed by Marc-Gilbert Sauvajon and starring Pierre Blanchar, Simone Renant and Yves Vincent. It was shot during 1948, but released the following year. It was made at the Photosonor Studios in Paris, with sets designed by the art director Eugène Delfau.
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Synopsis
Flip, an amateur detective is arrested for speeding and is prosecuted by the lawyer Isabelle and convicted. When shortly afterwards a man is murdered the two join forces to investigate. Much of the mystery surrounds a nightclub Bal Cupidon whose owner was having an affair with the dead man's wife.
Cast
Pierre Blanchar as Flip
Simone Renant as Isabelle
Yves Vincent as Morezzi
Marcelle Praince as Mme Chanut
Suzanne Dantès as Mme Delacroix
Henri Crémieux as Cresat
Maria Mauban as Anne-Marie
René Blancard as Turnier
André Bervil as Tonio
Marion Tourès as Christine
Germaine Michel as Clémence
François Joux as Gratien
Pierre Juvenet as Le président Chanut
Albert Michel as Le gardien
Janine Miller as L'annonceuse
Yvonne Ménard as La danseuse
Odette Barencey as La cuisinière
Henry Murray as Le commissaire
André Wasley as Victor
Christiane Delacroix as La bonne
Henri Niel as Le directeur de la prison
Christian Duvaleix as Le photographe
Julien Maffre as Un monsieur