
They Were Five
Visit website5.2/10 • 4
1952-01-23 • 1h 29m
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.
- Directors
- Jack Pinoteau
- Writters
- Michel Jourdan, Pierre Laroche
- Editors
- Michel Jourdan, Pierre Laroche, Marguerite Beaugé

They Were Five
Visit website1952-01-23 • 1h 29m
5.2/10 • 4
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.
- Directors
- Jack Pinoteau
- Writters
- Michel Jourdan, Pierre Laroche
- Editors
- Michel Jourdan, Pierre Laroche, Marguerite Beaugé
Top Billed Cast
View CreditsJean 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
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