The Cupid Club

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The Cupid Club
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Directed by Marc-Gilbert Sauvajon
Written byMarc-Gilbert Sauvajon
Produced by Francis Cosne
Georges Dancigers
Lucien Masson
Alexandre Mnouchkine
Starring Pierre Blanchar
Simone Renant
Yves Vincent
Cinematography René Gaveau
Edited by Raymond Leboursier
Music by Jean Marion
Production
companies
Distributed byLa Société des Films Sirius
Release date
  • 18 May 1949 (1949-05-18)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryFrance
Language French

The Cupid Club (French: Bal Cupidon) is a 1949 comedy crime film directed by Marc-Gilbert Sauvajon and starring Pierre Blanchar, Simone Renant and Yves Vincent. [1] It was shot during 1948, but released the following year. It was made at the Photosonor Studios in Paris, with sets designed by the art director Eugène Delfau.

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Flip, an amateur detective is arrested for speeding and is prosecuted by the lawyer Isabelle and convicted. When shortly afterwards a man is murdered the two join forces to investigate. Much of the mystery surrounds a nightclub Bal Cupidon whose owner was having an affair with the dead man's wife.

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  1. Rège p.913

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