Four Knaves | |
Director: | André Berthomieu |
Producer: | Adrien Remaugé |
Starring: | Jean Desailly Martine Carol Denise Grey |
Music: | Georges Van Parys |
Cinematography: | Fred Langenfeld |
Editing: | Jeannette Berton |
Studio: | Société Nouvelle Pathé Cinéma |
Distributor: | Pathé Consortium Cinéma |
Runtime: | 90 minutes |
Country: | France |
Language: | French |
Four Knaves (French: Carré de valets) is a 1947 French comedy film directed by André Berthomieu and starring Jean Desailly, Martine Carol and Denise Grey.[1] [2] It was shot at the Francoeur Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Raymond Nègre.
Jacques de la Bastide is a struggling lawyer who is dominated by his overbearing mother. For once he manages to win a case, getting three petty criminals off. To his surprise he finds out from Catherine, the attractive daughter of one of the men, that they are disappointed as they had been hoping to have board and lodging in prison over the winter. He agrees to take them on as servants in his own household.