Night Without Stars

Night Without Stars is a 1951 British black and white dramatic thriller starring David Farrar, Nadia Gray and Maurice Teynac. The screenplay was written by Winston Graham based upon his original novel by the same name. The film was directed by Anthony Pelissier and produced by Hugh Stewart.^[1]

Plot

When English lawyer Giles Gordon (David Farrar), partially blinded during service in World War II, retires to the French Riviera, he meets and falls in love with shop girl Alix Delaisse (Nadia Gray), the widow of a French Resistance fighter. Restauranteur Pierre Chava (Gérard Landry) approaches Giles and warns him off with the claim that Alix is already promised to him. He tells Giles that Alix is involved with black marketers, blackmailers and murderers from the war years and demands that Giles forget her and return to England.

Cast

• David Farrar as Giles Gordon
• Nadia Gray as Alix Delaisse née Malinay
• Maurice Teynac as Louis Malinay
• Gérard Landry as Pierre Chaval
• June Clyde as Claire
• Robert Ayres as Walter
• Clive Morton as Dr. Coulson
• Eugene Deckers as Armand
• Martin Benson as White Cap
• Gilles Quéant as Inspector Deffand
• Ina De La Haye as 'Mere Roget'
• Richard Molinas as Driver
• Jeanne Pali as Madame Colloni
• Marcel Poncin as Blind Man

Releases

The film's original theatrical releases included its premiere in the United Kingdom on 4 April, in Finland on 19 October 1951, in Sweden on 3 December 1951, in Portugal on 1 June 1952, in the United States on 5 July 1953 and in Denmark on 16 November 1953. International release titles include in Austria as Nacht ohne Sterne, in Denmark as Natten uden stjerner, in Finland as Tähdetön yö, in Greece as Nyhta horis asteria, in Italy as Notte senza stelle, in Portugal as Quando a Luz Voltou, in Sweden as Natt utan stjärnor, and in West Germany as Nacht ohne Sterne

References

External links

• Night Without Stars at the Internet Movie Database