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Monsieur Grégoire Escapes

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Monsieur Grégoire Escapes
Directed byJacques Daniel-Norman
Written byJacques Daniel-Norman
Produced byLucien Viard
StarringBernard Blier
Yvette Lebon
Jules Berry
CinematographyNikolai Toporkoff
Edited byMarity Cléris
Music byJean Yatove
Production
company
Bervia Films
Distributed bySociété Nouvelle des Films Dispa
Release date
  • 20 November 1946 (1946-11-20)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Monsieur Grégoire Escapes (French: Monsieur Grégoire s'évade) is a 1946 French comedy film directed by Jacques Daniel-Norman and starring Bernard Blier, Yvette Lebon and Jules Berry.[1] [2] It was shot at the Buttes-Chaumont Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Hubert.

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Insurance clerk Alex Grégoire lives a quite existence with his wife Angèle, his great passion in life being crossword puzzles. After he wins a crossword competition, he is propelled into a series of adventures involving a celebrated jewel thief.

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Bibliography

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  • Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: encyclopédie des films, 1940–1950. Pygmalion, 1986
  • Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
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