While Paris Sleeps (1932 film)
(for a lost 1923 film of a like name see While Paris Sleeps)
While Paris Sleeps is a 1932 dramatic film directed by Allan Dwan.[1]
Plot
Jacques Costaud, a French war veteran is sentenced to life in prison for killing a man but soon escapes from a penal colony in French Guyana. He then flees to Paris to find his daughter Manon, who believes him dead. Now he must try to keep her from being abducted into a life of prostitution and keeping his true identity a secret.
Cast
- Victor McLaglen as Jacques Costaud
- Helen Mack as Manon Costaud
- William Bakewell as Paul Renoir
- Jack La Rue as Julot
- Rita La Roy as Fifi
- Maurice Black as Roca
- Dot Farley as the Concierge
- Lucille La Verne as Mme. Golden Bonnet
- Paul Porcasi as Kapas
- Edward Dillon as the Concierge's husband
- Arthur Stone as Mouche
- Martin J. Faust as Apache
References
External links
- While Paris Sleeps (1932 film) at the Internet Movie Database
- While Paris Sleeps (1932 film) at Turner Classic Movies
- synopsis at AllMovie
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