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They Were Five (1952)

They Were Five (1952)

Drama
Release Date: 1952, January 23
Directors: Jack Pinoteau
Countries: France
Production: Jeannic Films, Jeannic Films, Jeannic Films, Sud Film Produzione Cinematografica, Sud Film Produzione Cinematografica, Sud Film Produzione Cinematografica
Cast: Guy Henry, Jean Gaven, Louis de Funès, Jean Carmet, Roland Carey, Georgette Anys, Robert Dalban, Hilda Bernard, Irène Hilda, Jean-Claude Pascal, Michel Jourdan, René Pascal

Overview:

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.