Flesh and the Woman

Flesh and the Woman

100 mins | Drama | June 8, 1954

In this romance, a jilted lawyer joins the French Foreign Legion to help him forget his faithless love. While in the desert he espies a village beauty who is the exact double of his true-love.

Flesh and the Woman

100 mins | Drama | June 8, 1954

Flesh and the Woman
In this romance, a jilted lawyer joins the French Foreign Legion to help him forget his faithless love. While in the desert he espies a village beauty who is the exact double of his true-love.
IMDb rating 5.9
Producers Rizzoli Films, Spéva Films
Original title Le grand jeu
Directors Francis Caillaud, Ulrich Picard, Robert Siodmak
Writers Jacques Feyder, Charles Spaak

Cast

Gina Lollobrigida

as Sylvia Sorrego/Helena Ricci

Jean-Claude Pascal

as Pierre Martel

Arletty

as Blanche

Peter van Eyck

as Fred

Jean Témerson

as Xavier Noblet

Jean Hébey

as Le commissaire de police

Jo Dest

as Karl - le patron du bistrot

Paul Amiot

as Le capitaine (uncredited)

Odette Barencey

as Gertrude (uncredited)

Charles Bayard

as (uncredited)

Gérard Buhr

as Un légionnaire (uncredited)

Leila Farida

as Aïcha (uncredited)

Georges Vitray

as Le portier de l'hôtel (uncredited)

Roger Vincent

as Le maître d'hôtel (uncredited)

Marcel Rouzé

as Le portier de l'hôtel (uncredited)

Bernard Musson

as Le peintre (uncredited)

Darling Légitimus

as (uncredited)

Gabrielle Fontan

as La religieuse (uncredited)