They Were Five
Overview
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.
Release date
23/01/1952
Votes
5
Popularity
0.9
Jean Carmet
Jean - le postier
Jean Gaven
Marcel - le boxeur
Michel Jourdan
Roger Courtois - l'acteur
Jean-Claude Pascal
Philippe
Arlette Merry
Valérie - La soeur de Roger, chanteuse de cabaret
Louis de Funès
Albert, le régisseur
François Martin
André Lamberay
Nicole Besnard
Simone - l'amie de Jean
Irène Hilda
Fabienne Dorée
Marcel André
Le commissaire
Robert Dalban
Dufau - le manager
Paul Mesnier
Jean Ozenne
Charles Fawcett
André Versini
Serge - l'imprésario de Roger
Jean Marchat
Fredo - un patron de cabaret louche
Georgette Anys
(uncredited)
Roland Carey
(uncredited)
René Hell
(uncredited)
Guy Henry
(uncredited)
Hilda Bernard
(uncredited)
René Pascal
(uncredited)
Original Soundtrack
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Zugverkehr unregelmäßig
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A Generation
The Condemned Village
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My Life for Ireland
The Concert
Child of the Danube
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La Marseillaise
Elephant Boy
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