A Man Walks in the City

Le Havre, France, in 1949. In a town that still shows the scars of war, several friends meet up in Albert's café. One of them, Laurent, has lost his job on the docks and his marriage to Madeleine is falling apart. He knows that his wife wants to start an affair with friend, Jean Sauviot. Jean is a lonely man who is attracted to Madeleine but doesn't want to commit himself to the wife of a friend. On the day that Madeleine tells her husband that she is seeing Jean, Laurent goes looking for Jean to find an explanation. Arriving on the docks in the evening, he attacks an American sailor who looks like Jean, but the man fights back and runs away after killing Laurent accidentally. Madeleine thinks that Laurent was killed by Jean and believes that she can start a new life with her lover. The police have other ideas...

5

95 min

Cast

Ginette Leclerc

as Madeleine

Jean-Pierre Kérien

as Jean Sauviot

Yves Deniaud

as Albert

Dora Doll

as Girl

Grégoire Aslan

as Ambilares

André Valmy

as Commissioner

Fréhel

as Buck's wife

Robert Dalban

as Laurent

Sylvie Deniau

as Madeleine's sister

Christiane Lénier

as Georgette

Maryse Paillet

as 'Tantine'

Fabien Loris

as Dago

Pierre Léaud

as Organizer

Grégoire Gromoff

as Olen

Jérôme Goulven

as Muller

Joé Davray

as (uncredited)

René Pascal

as (uncredited)

Director

Marcello Pagliero