Massacre in Lace

Massacre in Lace

103 mins | Crime, Adventure | March 12, 1952

Cock-eyed reporter Georges Masse enjoys a peaceful vacation in Venice. Which does not please his boss as he is not supposed to be... in vacation! P'tit Louis, Georges' blundering but faithful photographer, is sent to Venice with a mission: pull up his socks. But Georges is not so dormant as he appears. Behind the scenes, he investigates the activities of a gang that cleans out Venice. Quite logically, he soon finds himself face to face with a bunch of shady brutal characters, among whom Zélos, a Greek nightclub owner, and Alessandro Cassidi, a powerful motor manufacturer married to the alluring Clara, twice younger than he is...

Massacre in Lace

103 mins | Crime, Adventure | March 12, 1952

Massacre in Lace
Cock-eyed reporter Georges Masse enjoys a peaceful vacation in Venice. Which does not please his boss as he is not supposed to be... in vacation! P'tit Louis, Georges' blundering but faithful photographer, is sent to Venice with a mission: pull up his socks. But Georges is not so dormant as he appears. Behind the scenes, he investigates the activities of a gang that cleans out Venice. Quite logically, he soon finds himself face to face with a bunch of shady brutal characters, among whom Zélos, a Greek nightclub owner, and Alessandro Cassidi, a powerful motor manufacturer married to the alluring Clara, twice younger than he is...
Producers Société Nouvelle Pathé Cinéma, P.A.C.
Original title Massacre en dentelles
Directors André Hunebelle
Writers Michel Audiard

Cast

Raymond Rouleau

as Georges Masse

Anne Vernon

as Le commissaire spécial Thérésa Larsen

Tilda Thamar

as Clara Cassidi

Bernard Lajarrige

as P'tit Louis

Maurice Teynac

as Sophocle Zélos

John Kitzmiller

as Rocky Saddler

Monique Darbaud

as Nora Cassidi

Robert Vattier

as Arsène de Loubiac

Jacques Dynam

as Pablo le Bègue

Louis Bugette

as Carlos

Anne-Marie Duverney

as La secrétaire de l'agence

Lud Germain

as Sam Barnett

Monique Aïssata

as P'tite Lisette

Charles Bouillaud

as Un employé de la rédaction

Henri Niel

as Un serveur et employé du Triana-Club

Georges Chamarat

as Alessandro Cassidi

Marc Arian

as Un danseur (uncredited)

Jack Ary

as Un danseur (uncredited)

René Brun

as (uncredited)

Marius Gaidon

as Un serveur du Triana-Club (uncredited)

Harry-Max

as (uncredited)