Search a film or person :
FacebookConnectionRegistration
Personal Column is a french film of genre Drama directed by Robert Siodmak released in USA on 2 february 1941 with Marie Déa

Personal Column (1939)

Personal Column
If you like this film, let us know!
Released in USA 2 february 1941
Length 1h51
Directed by
OriginFrance
Genres Drama,    Thriller,    Crime,    Romance
Rating68% 3.4335853.4335853.4335853.4335853.433585

Personal Column (French: Pièges) is a 1939 French drama film directed by Robert Siodmak and starring Maurice Chevalier, Pierre Renoir and Marie Déa. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Maurice Colasson and Georges Wakhévitch. After one of her fellow taxi dancers is murdered by an unknown man who she met through a personal column advert, Adrienne Charpentier is recruited by the police to answer a series of similar adverts to try to track down the killer. She meets and falls in love with the charming nightclub owner and womanizer Robert Fleury, but clues begin to appear that suggest that it is he who is the murderer.

Synopsis

Onze jeunes filles, danseuses de cabarets ou entraîneuses, disparaissent attirées par les petites annonces d'un tueur en série. Une entraîneuse aide la police dans son enquête. Les suspects forment une galerie de personnages inquiétants et de détraqués.

Actors

Marie Déa

(Adrienne Charpentier / Mademoiselle Blanche / Gabrielle Deny / Adrienne Du Pont / Raymonde Blanchard)
Maurice Chevalier

(Robert Fleury)
Erich von Stroheim

(Pears, l'ex-couturier)
Pierre Renoir

(Brémontière)
Jean Temerson

(Inpecteur Batol)
Trailer of Personal Column

Bluray, DVD

Streaming / VOD

Source : Wikidata

Comments


Leave comment :

Suggestions of similar film to Personal Column

There are 213 films with the same actors, 64 films with the same director, 77572 with the same cinematographic genres (including 473 with exactly the same 4 genres than Personal Column), 1105 films with the same themes, to have finally 70 suggestions of similar films.

If you liked Personal Column, you will probably like those similar films :
The Spiral Staircase, 1h23
Directed by Robert Siodmak
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Crime
Themes Serial killer films
Actors Dorothy McGuire, George Brent, Ethel Barrymore, Kent Smith, Rhonda Fleming, Gordon Oliver
Rating72% 3.6460553.6460553.6460553.6460553.646055
Set in early 20th century New England, the film is about a serial killer who murders disabled young women in the community. His next victim apparently is Helen (McGuire), a mute girl working as a live-in companion for the wealthy, bedridden Mrs. Warren (Barrymore).
The Devil Strikes at Night, 1h45
Directed by Robert Siodmak
Origin German
Genres Drama, Thriller, Historical, Crime
Themes Serial killer films, Political films
Actors Mario Adorf, Claus Holm, Hannes Messemer, Werner Peters, Peter Carsten, Carl Lange
Rating71% 3.5918253.5918253.5918253.5918253.591825
À Hambourg, en 1944, la serveuse d'une auberge est sauvagement assassinée. Les soupçons se portent rapidement sur le soldat Keun. L'inspecteur Kerstein ne le croit pas cependant coupable et tente de découvrir le meurtrier.
Hatred
Hatred (1938)
, 1h42
Directed by Robert Siodmak, Pierre Prévert
Origin France
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Harry Baur, Gabrielle Dorziat, Pierre Renoir, Albert Préjean, Ludmilla Pitoëff, Robert Lynen
Rating72% 3.62453.62453.62453.62453.6245
Captain Mollenard is an uncouth, almost piratical, commander of a merchant ship sailing out of Dunkirk. When the ship's owners discover that Mollenard has been selling arms on his own account, they decided to suspend him for six mounts. This horrifies his wife and children who have become used to his long absences. Mollenard hears news of his suspension while in Shanghai where he and his deputy Kerrotret are trying to offload their latest cargo of arms. They become engangled with a ruthless and treacherous criminal Bonnerot and his chief henchman Frazer. Although they succeed in wounding Bonnerot, he takes his revenge by having his men plant a timed explosive device on board Mollenard's ship.
Ultimatum
Ultimatum (1938)
, 1h23
Directed by Robert Siodmak, Robert Wiene
Origin France
Genres Drama, War, Spy
Themes Spy films
Actors Erich von Stroheim, Abel Jacquin, Dita Parlo, Bernard Lancret, Marcel André, Raymond Aimos
Rating52% 2.647252.647252.647252.647252.64725
En 1914, dans les jours qui suivent l'attentat de Sarajevo, un officier autrichien essaye de sauver son ami, un officier serbe en mission en Autriche, alors que les menaces de guerre planent sur l'Europe.
I Can't Sleep, 1h50
Directed by Claire Denis
Origin France
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, Serial killer films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Cross-dressing in film
Actors Katerina Golubeva, Richard Courcet, Alex Descas, Manuela Gourary, Laurent Grévill, Line Renaud
Rating68% 3.443093.443093.443093.443093.44309
Daiga (Yekaterina Golubeva), a woman from Lithuania immigrates to Paris with little money hoping to secure herself a job as a dancer. When her plans fall through she begins work as a maid in the hotel of a friend of her great-aunt's.
Dressed to Kill, 1h45
Directed by Brian De Palma
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Erotic, Thriller, Horror, Crime, Romance, Erotic thriller
Themes Psychologie, Films about sexuality, Transport films, Erotic films, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, Serial killer films, Psychanalyse, Erotic thriller films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Michael Caine, Angie Dickinson, Nancy Allen, William Finley, Keith Gordon, Dennis Franz
Rating70% 3.547993.547993.547993.547993.54799
Kate Miller (Angie Dickinson) is a sexually frustrated housewife who is in therapy with New York City psychiatrist Dr. Robert Elliott (Michael Caine). During an appointment, Kate attempts to seduce him, but Elliott rejects her advances.
Danger Signal, 1h18
Directed by Robert Florey
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime, Romance
Themes Serial killer films
Actors Faye Emerson, Zachary Scott, Richard Erdman, Rosemary DeCamp, Bruce Bennett, Mona Freeman
Rating65% 3.2929853.2929853.2929853.2929853.292985
A mysterious artist - and psychopath - named Ronnie Mason, steals a dead woman's wedding ring and money and leaves a fake suicide note. Her husband, Thomas Turner, when questioned by the local police, believes his dead wife might have been seeing Mason behind his back. He also believes his wife was murdered, but in the absence of other evidence, list it as a suicide and drop the case.
Sea of Love, 1h53
Directed by Harold Becker
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Adventure, Crime, Romance, Erotic thriller
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Serial killer films, Erotic thriller films
Actors Al Pacino, Ellen Barkin, John Goodman, Michael Rooker, William Hickey, Richard Jenkins
Rating67% 3.398563.398563.398563.398563.39856
New York City homicide detective Frank Keller is a burnt-out alcoholic. His wife left him and married one of his colleagues. He is depressed about reaching middle age and his 20th year on the police force.
The Strange Affair of Uncle Harry, 1h20
Directed by Robert Siodmak
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime, Romance
Themes Films based on plays
Actors George Sanders, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Ella Raines, Sara Allgood, Moyna MacGill, Samuel S. Hinds
Rating66% 3.342213.342213.342213.342213.34221
Harry Quincy (Sanders) is an amiable middle-aged man working as a designer in a fabric mill in the small town of Corinth. Younger people in the factory call him "Uncle Harry". He lives as a bachelor in a large house with his two sisters; Lettie (Fitzgerald) and Hester (MacGill). Lettie is pretty but spoiled, and idles days away in bed, feigning numerous ailments. Hester is a widow and is harder working. It is made clear that although the family was rich, the money was lost in the Depression.