They Were Five
23/01/1952
Now that the world conflict is over, five inseparable wartime buddies swear eternal friendship now to each other. But there's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip. Jean becomes a postman, Marcel a boxer, Roger an actor, André a student and Philippe remains what he has always been, a young man of good social standing. Roger, who can't find any role, is introduced through his singer sister Valérie, to Frédo, a shady nightclub owner.Roger soon becomes one of Frédo's henchmen. To make matters worse, he swipes Jean's fiancée, Simone. Marcel, who loses fight after fight, ends up joining Fredo's gang as well. André, who wanted to redeem the faults of his father during the Occupation, gets killed in the Indochina war. Marcel is shot down while taking part in a robbery. In her turn, Valérie is bumped off by an accomplice of Fredo and Roger is sent to jail.
Movie Information
Jean Carmet
as Jean - le postier
Jean Gaven
as Marcel - le boxeur
Michel Jourdan
as Roger Courtois - l'acteur
Jean-Claude Pascal
as Philippe
Arlette Merry
as Valérie - La soeur de Roger, chanteuse de cabaret
Louis de Funès
as Albert, le régisseur
François Martin
as André Lamberay
Nicole Besnard
as Simone - l'amie de Jean
Irène Hilda
as Fabienne Dorée
Marcel André
as Le commissaire
Robert Dalban
as Dufau - le manager
Paul Mesnier
as
Jean Ozenne
as
Charles Fawcett
as
André Versini
as Serge - l'imprésario de Roger
Jean Marchat
as Fredo - un patron de cabaret louche
Georgette Anys
as (uncredited)
Roland Carey
as (uncredited)
René Hell
as (uncredited)
Guy Henry
as (uncredited)
Hilda Bernard
as (uncredited)
René Pascal
as (uncredited)
