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Crime Does Not Pay

A man walks into a movie theater in Paris and starts watching a film—the same one we're watching, consisting of four stories of best criminal intentions gone awry from the Middle Ages to the present day.

2h 36m1962TMDb 5.5

MysteryCrimeThriller

French

Crew and Cast

Gérard OuryGérard OuryDirectorAnnie GirardotAnnie GirardotGabrielle FenayrouLouis de FunèsLouis de FunèsBarmanMichael LonsdaleMichael LonsdaleActeurPierre MondyPierre MondyClergetChristian MarinChristian MarinLe CommissaireEdwige FeuillèreEdwige FeuillèreDona LucreziaMichèle MorganMichèle MorganJeanne HuguesDanielle DarrieuxDanielle DarrieuxMme. MarsaisGino CerviGino CerviL'InquisiteurPhilippe NoiretPhilippe NoiretMonseigneur HughesJean ServaisJean ServaisVaughanPierre BrasseurPierre BrasseurMartin FenayrouPerrette PradierPerrette PradierHélèneFrank VillardFrank VillardM. Lenormand (segment "L'affaire Hugues") (as Franck Villard)

Storyline

A man walks into a movie theater in Paris and starts watching a film—the same one we're watching, consisting of four stories of best criminal intentions gone awry from the Middle Ages to the present day.

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Info

Original title
Le crime ne paie pas
Status
Released
Released
6 July 1962
Runtime
2h 36m
TMDB score
5.5 / 10 (14 votes)

Production

Director
Gérard Oury
Countries
Italy, France

Languages

Original
French
Spoken
French