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1951 film

Savage Triangle

Directed by	Jean Delannoy
Written by	Edouard Peisson (novel) Jean Delannoy Henri Jeanson
Produced by	Joseph Bercholz Edouard Gide
Starring	Madeleine Robinson Frank Villard Henri Vilbert
Cinematography	Robert Lefebvre
Edited by	James Cuenet
Music by	Paul Misraki
Production company	Les Films Gibé
Distributed by	Pathé Consortium Cinéma
Release date	26 September 1951 (1951-09-26)
Running time	112 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

Savage Triangle (French: Le garçon sauvage) is a 1951 French drama film directed by Jean Delannoy and starring Madeleine Robinson, Frank Villard and Henri Vilbert. The film's sets were designed by the art director René Renoux. It was shot partly on location in Marseille where the film is set.

Synopsis

Simon, the twelve-year-old son of Marie, a prostitute, has been brought up in rural Provence in ignorance of his mother's life but now comes to live with her in Marseille. His initial idolisation of her is disillusioned when he discovers the truth, and he hates her lover Paul. Simon comes to dream of going away to sea, and spending time with the sympathetic Captain François.

Cast

Madeleine Robinson as Marie
Frank Villard as Paul
Henri Vilbert as Capitaine François
Pierre-Michel Beck as Simon - le garcon sauvage
Nicolas Amato as Le complice
Henri Arius as Victor - le patron du café
Edmond Beauchamp as Gilles
Dora Doll as La blonde amie de Paul
Georges Douking as Le paysan
Albert Duvaleix as Le monsieur du taxi
Fransined asLe coiffeur
René Génin as Le premier client de Marie
Janine Miller as Anny Flynn
Raphaël Patorni as Luccioni
Fernand Sardou as L'inspecteur

References

Goble p.363

Bibliography

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

External links

Savage Triangle at IMDb

v t e Films directed by Jean Delannoy
Paris-Deauville (1934) Tamara (1938) Golden Venus (1938) The Black Diamond (1941) Fever (1942) Gambling Hell (1942) The Murderer Is Afraid at Night (1942) Colonel Pontcarral (1942) The Eternal Return (1943) The Hunchback (1944) Blind Desire (1945) Pastoral Symphony (1946) Les jeux sont faits (1947) To the Eyes of Memory (1948) The Secret of Mayerling (1949) God Needs Men (1950) Savage Triangle (1951) The Moment of Truth (1952) Napoleon Road (1953) Daughters of Destiny (1954) The Bed (1954) Obsession (1954) The Little Rebels (1955) Marie Antoinette Queen of France (1956) The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1956) Maigret Sets a Trap (1958) Guinguette (1959) Maigret et l'affaire Saint-Fiacre (1959) The Baron of the Locks (1960) Love and the Frenchwoman (1960) La Princesse de Clèves (1961) Rendezvous (1961) Imperial Venus (1962) Les amitiés particulières (1964) The Majordomo (1965) The Double Bed (1965) The Sultans (1966) Action Man (1967) Children of Mata Hari (1970) Not Dumb, the Bird (1972) The Crime of Pierre Lacaze (1983) The Enigmatic Mister S. (1987) Bernadette (1988) The Passion of Bernadette (1990) Mary of Nazareth (1995)

Films directed by Jean Delannoy

Paris-Deauville (1934)
Tamara (1938)
Golden Venus (1938)
The Black Diamond (1941)
Fever (1942)
Gambling Hell (1942)
The Murderer Is Afraid at Night (1942)
Colonel Pontcarral (1942)
The Eternal Return (1943)
The Hunchback (1944)
Blind Desire (1945)
Pastoral Symphony (1946)
Les jeux sont faits (1947)
To the Eyes of Memory (1948)
The Secret of Mayerling (1949)
God Needs Men (1950)
Savage Triangle (1951)
The Moment of Truth (1952)
Napoleon Road (1953)
Daughters of Destiny (1954)
The Bed (1954)
Obsession (1954)
The Little Rebels (1955)
Marie Antoinette Queen of France (1956)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1956)
Maigret Sets a Trap (1958)
Guinguette (1959)
Maigret et l'affaire Saint-Fiacre (1959)
The Baron of the Locks (1960)
Love and the Frenchwoman (1960)
La Princesse de Clèves (1961)
Rendezvous (1961)
Imperial Venus (1962)
Les amitiés particulières (1964)
The Majordomo (1965)
The Double Bed (1965)
The Sultans (1966)
Action Man (1967)
Children of Mata Hari (1970)
Not Dumb, the Bird (1972)
The Crime of Pierre Lacaze (1983)
The Enigmatic Mister S. (1987)
Bernadette (1988)
The Passion of Bernadette (1990)
Mary of Nazareth (1995)

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