Nights of Montmartre (1955) User Reviews (2)

The boy and the train were steered in the right direction.

[ulicknormanowen · 5/10 · 29 November 2021]

A comfortable budget (color ,wide screen ,which was rare in the French fifties) , the film squanders it in a story so trite it's impossible to take an interest in the misdeeds of Bobby ,a poor man's Arsene Lupin : the episode of the diamond and the coke which becomes sodium bicarbonate are,admittedly ,funny .But as far as the murder is concerned ,you do not have to be Hercule Poirot to solve the whodunit .

From the railroad shunting/switching ,it becomes a shower of finer feelings ,a flood of words of wisdom , and it's almost unbearable.

Although some actors of the prestigious comedie française and the excellent Daniel Cauchy are supporting ,the action takes a back seat ,like the precedent user wrote, to Paris by night :the Moulin Rouge,with the de rigueur French Cancan,plenty of dances ,of songs and instrumentals ,including a furious drums solo .On with the show!

Only for Paris By Night lovers...

[searchanddestroy-1 · 16 February 2013]

I had never heard of this rare french movie. A film which hesitates between film noir, romance, drama and comedy. Filmed in LBX and color, I was surprised by this technical scheme, especially for a 1955 feature. Not interesting, but tepid, without ambition, except entertaining a sleepy audience who have nothing else to do on a Saturday night or a Sunday afternoon. The perfect example of the usual french stuff of this period, late fifties. Beautiful gals, cabarets atmosphere, petty villains speaking the french slang, many characters without any real lead. And of course the Montmartre, Pigalle songs you can't avoid in this not charmless movie. We can't say harm about this kind of stuff, even if we are not fans. The actors were never stars, before or even after this film. They all remained supporting actors in bigger productions.

In resume, an interesting little gem.