Burning Fuse (French: Le feu aux poudres) is a 1957 French-Italian thriller film directed by Henri Decoin and starring Raymond Pellegrin, Charles Vanel and Peter van Eyck.Davidson & Hake p.48 It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. The films sets were designed by the art director René Renoux.
Synopsis Lola, the wife of a notorious arms dealer Pédro Wassevitch is attracted to a young painter Ludovic. Unknown to her he has been sent to infiltrate Wassevitch's operation which both a rival and the police are interested in.
Cast Raymond Pellegrin as Ludovic 'Ludo' Ferrier Charles Vanel as Albatrasse Peter van Eyck as Pédro Wassevitch Françoise Fabian as Lola Wassevitch Lino Ventura as Legentil Darío Moreno as Jeff Lyla Rocco as Brigitte Jacqueline Maillan as Mme Catherine, l'aubergiste Mathilde Casadesus as Mimi Pierre-Louis as L' inspecteur Fougeron Roland Armontel as Antoine Henri Cogan as Matt Michel Flamme as Un inspecteur Michel Jourdan as Dédé Pascal Mazzotti as Le pharmacien Georges Bayle François Chaumette as L'ingénieur du son Nino Crisman Le Hang Olivier Darrieux as Un inspecteur Lisa Jouvet as La serveuse Marthe Mercadier as L'aubergiste Albert Simonin as Albert
References
Bibliography Davidson, John & Hake, Sabine. Framing the Fifties: Cinema in a Divided Germany. Berghahn Books, 2007.
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