About this title: Originally released in France as Dedee D'Anvers in 1948, this tight little melodrama was both directed and co-written by Yves Allegret. The title character, played by Simone Signoret, lives in near-squalor near the docks of Anvers. Her only companions are practitioners in that left-handed form of endeavor known as petty crime. Even the man she lives with, doorman Marco (Marcel Dalio), is not immune to baser instincts: Marco is driven to murder when sea captain Francesco (Marcel Pagliero) threatens to take Dedee away from him. For his troubles, Marco is himself knocked off by Dedee and seedy ...
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Description: Bernard Blier, Simone Signoret, Marcello Pagliero, Marcel Dieudonné, Marcel Dalio. New in new packaging. 1949 Run time: 95. Drunken prostitute is protected from her abusive pimp by a sailor and a local bartender, then dreasm of escaping her life. Produced by Sacha Gordine and Michel Koustoff. English subtitles. read more
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