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125 Rue Montmartre is a 1959 French black-and-white crime film directed by Gilles Grangier. It adapts André Gillois's novel of the same name, published in 1958 and honoured with the Prix du Quai des Orfèvres; Gillois and Grangier worked on the screenplay alongside Jacques Robert and Michel Audiard. Lino Ventura stars as a newspaper seller who is unwillingly drawn into a murder case, with Andréa Parisy and Robert Hirsch among the other leads.
Filming took place at the Boulogne Studios in Paris and on location around Montmartre, with sets designed by art director Robert Bouladoux. Running 85 minutes, the film is regarded as an example of the French film noir tradition.
| Director | Gilles Grangier |
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