Blood to the Head

Blood to the Head

86 mins | Drama | Aug. 10, 1956

François Cardinaud is one of the richest shipowners in the region. But this success arouses resentment and jealousy. When Marthe, his wife, leaves the home without warning, Cardinaud sees her life cracking little by little.

Blood to the Head

86 mins | Drama | Aug. 10, 1956

Blood to the Head
François Cardinaud is one of the richest shipowners in the region. But this success arouses resentment and jealousy. When Marthe, his wife, leaves the home without warning, Cardinaud sees her life cracking little by little.
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers Les Films Fernand Rivers
Original title Le sang à la tête
Directors Gilles Grangier
Writers Gilles Grangier, Georges Simenon, Michel Audiard

Cast

Jean Gabin

as François Cardinaud

Renée Faure

as Mademoiselle

Paul Frankeur

as André Drouin

Monique Mélinand

as Marthe Cardinaud

José Quaglio

as Mimile Babin

Georgette Anys

as Titine Babin

Florelle

as Sidonie Vauquier

Paul Oettly

as Julien Vauquier

Henri Crémieux

as Hubert Mandine

Léonce Corne

as Charles Mandine

Jacques Deray

as Alfred, un conducteur de car

Claude Sylvain

as Raymonde Babin

Paul Faivre

as Monsieur Cardinaud - père

Paul Azaïs

as Alphonse, le patron des 'Charentes'

Rivers Cadet

as Le patron du Robinson

Yolande Laffon

as Isabelle Mandine

Julienne Paroli

as Madame Cardinaud - mère

Gabriel Gobin

as Arthur Cardinaud

Marcel Pérès

as Thévenot

Hugues Wanner

as L'expert

Joël Schmitt

as Le patron du 'Grand Café'

Jean-Louis Bras

as Jean Cardinaud

France Asselin

as Mauricette Cardinaud (uncredited)

Bruno Balp

as Pionsard, un cafetier (uncredited)

Charles Bouillaud

as Le chef de gare (uncredited)

Émile Genevois

as Le garçon de course (uncredited)

René Hell

as Le chauffeur des Cardinaud (uncredited)

Jacques Marin

as L'agent de police (uncredited)

Albert Michel

as Duleux, le chef de gare (uncredited)

Georges Montant

as (uncredited)

Marcel Roche

as Le mandataire en huîtres de Marennes (uncredited)

Zeimet

as Julien (uncredited)