Quai des illusions (1959)

7.0/10 85 min Drama

Overview

Lise is bored with her parents and gets a job as a waitress. She meets a sailor, Fausto, who leaves her to escape from the police. Nevertheless, she gives birth to a baby who dies shortly afterwards. Distraught, she steals a parentless child from a maternity hospital. Arrested and tried, she is acquitted, only to find Fausto innocent.

Cast

Gaby Morlay

Madame Vincent

Louis Seigner

Monsieur Vincent

Lise Bourdin

Lise Vincent

Fausto Tozzi

Fausto

Georgette Anys

Boss of La Sirène

Olivier Mathot

Colette Fleury

Henri Arius

Boss of La Sirène

Anne-Marie Mersen

Jacques Varennes

Alexandre Rignault

Georges Bever

Nicolas Amato

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