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1951 film

My Seal and Them

Directed by	Pierre Billon
Written by	Charles de Richter (novel) Pierre Billon Marc-Gilbert Sauvajon
Produced by	Jacques Bar Raymond Froment
Starring	Marie Daëms François Périer Jeanne Fusier-Gir
Cinematography	Nikolai Toporkoff
Edited by	Andrée Danis
Music by	Jean Marion
Production company	Terra Film
Distributed by	DisCina
Release date	23 March 1951 (1951-03-23)
Running time	95 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

My Seal and Them (French: Mon phoque et elles) is a 1951 French comedy film directed by Pierre Billon and starring Marie Daëms, François Périer and Jeanne Fusier-Gir. A separate Swedish-language version My Friend Oscar was also produced. It was shot at the Photosonor Studios in Courbevoie on the outskirts of Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director René Moulaert.

Synopsis

A fast-living diplomat's uncomplicated life is thrown into disorder when he wins a seal in a raffle. His girlfriend Gabrielle leaves him, but fortunately he meets Diana an Englishwoman who appreciates seals.

Cast

Marie Daëms as Gabrielle Rivers
François Périer as François Verville
Jeanne Fusier-Gir as Madame Pierrat
Pierre Bertin as Monsieur de Saint-Brive
Moira Lister as Diana
Odette Barencey as La concierge
Made Siamé as La poissonnière
Jacques Dynam as Un livreur
Hennery as Un livreur
Raymond Rognoni as Le gérant
Pierre Sergeol as Le patron du restaurant
Campbell Cotts as Sir Archibald
Michael Trubshawe as Sir Frederick
René Alié as Un agent de police
Gil Delamare as Un agent
Marcel Melrac as L'employé à la gare
Albert Michel as Le poissonnier
Jean Kolb as Le locataire
Georges-François Frontec as Un homme

References

Goble, Alan (1999). The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. De Gruyter Saur. p. 118. ISBN 9783598114922.

Bibliography

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

External links

My Seal and Them at IMDb

v t e Films directed by Pierre Billon
Venetian Nights (1931) Should We Wed Them? (1932) The Fakir of the Grand Hotel (1934) The House on the Dune (1934) Bourrasque (1935) Second Bureau (1935) In the Service of the Tsar (1936) Southern Mail (1937) The Silent Battle (1937) The Inevitable Monsieur Dubois (1943) Vautrin (1943) Mademoiselle X (1945) The Eternal Husband (1946) Ruy Blas (1948) Agnes of Nothing (1950) Chéri (1950) Farewell Mister Grock (1950) My Friend Oscar (1951) My Seal and Them (1951) The Merchant of Venice (1953) Storm (1954) Suspicion (1956) Until the Last One (1957)

Films directed by Pierre Billon

Venetian Nights (1931)
Should We Wed Them? (1932)
The Fakir of the Grand Hotel (1934)
The House on the Dune (1934)
Bourrasque (1935)
Second Bureau (1935)
In the Service of the Tsar (1936)
Southern Mail (1937)
The Silent Battle (1937)
The Inevitable Monsieur Dubois (1943)
Vautrin (1943)
Mademoiselle X (1945)
The Eternal Husband (1946)
Ruy Blas (1948)
Agnes of Nothing (1950)
Chéri (1950)
Farewell Mister Grock (1950)
My Friend Oscar (1951)
My Seal and Them (1951)
The Merchant of Venice (1953)
Storm (1954)
Suspicion (1956)
Until the Last One (1957)

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