Massacre in Lace (1952)
Cock-eyed reporter Georges Masse enjoys a peaceful vacation in Venice. Which does not please his boss as he is not supposed to be... in vacation! P'tit Louis, Georges' blundering but faithful photographer, is sent to Venice with a mission: pull up his socks. But Georges is not so dormant as he appears. Behind the scenes, he investigates the activities of a gang that cleans out Venice. Quite logically, he soon finds himself face to face with a bunch of shady brutal characters, among whom Zélos, a Greek nightclub owner, and Alessandro Cassidi, a powerful motor manufacturer married to the alluring Clara, twice younger than he is...
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Cast
Raymond Rouleau
as Georges Masse
Raymond Rouleau (4 June 1904 – 11 December 1981) was a Belgian actor and film director. He appeared in more than 40 films between 1928 and 1979. He also directed 22 films between 1932 and 1981.
Anne Vernon
as Le commissaire spécial Thérésa Larsen
Anne Vernon (born Édith Antoinette Alexandrine Vignaud; 9 January 1924) is a French retired film and television actress who appeared in 40 films between 1948 and 1970, including three films that were...
Tilda Thamar
as Clara Cassidi
Tilda Thamar (December 7, 1921, Urdinarrain, Entre Ríos, Argentina - April 12, 1989, Clermont-en-Argonne, France) was an Argentine actress whose real name was Matilde Sofía Margarita Abrecht Nichoerst...
Bernard Lajarrige
as P'tit Louis
Maurice Teynac
as Sophocle Zélos
Maurice Teynac (1915–1992) was a French actor. In 1948 he starred in the film The Lame Devil under Sacha Guitry.
In 1954 he appeared in London's West End in J.B. Priestley's poorly reviewed play The...
John Kitzmiller
as Rocky Saddler
John Kitzmiller (December 4, 1913 – February 23, 1965) was an American actor who worked in his native land, as well as Italy and the United Kingdom. Kitzmiller achieved his greatest fame as a popular...
Director
André Hunebelle