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Billy Wilder’s vibrant pre-Hollywood directorial debut expresses many of the sensibilities that were to be explored in his future films. Co-directed by Alexander Esway, the film features a clever and cutting screenplay written by Alexandre Esway, H.G. Lustig, and Max Kolpe, based on a short story by Billy Wilder. A ring of scrappy Parisian car thieves uses an innocent-looking girl named Jeanette (Danielle Darrieux) as a decoy. Trouble ensues when they collide with a disinherited French wastrel named Henri Pasquier (Pierre Mingrand). Henri--whose father has recently cut off his inheritance in an attempt to teach him a lesson--has responded in turn by stealing a car. The gang’s leader, Jean la Cravate (Raymond Galle), quickly incorporates Henri’s skills, but jealousy within the new gang inevitably gets in the way. Finding production on a shoestring budget insufferable, Wilder would not direct another film for nine years. Interestingly, the film's run-and-gun style predates the French Nouvelle Vague movement by many years. Franz Waxman provides the powerful jazzy score. The film also featutes a dose of the classic cleverer-than-she-looks bad girl with a gleam in her eye whom Wilder’s future actresses would revel in playing.

"...Quite accomplished..." - Mike, Clark (USA Today Critic), USA Today, 09/20/1996

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Also known as:	Bad Seed/Bad Blood Bad Seed/Bad Blood Bad Seed/Bad Blood Bad Seed/Bad Blood Bad Seed/Bad Blood
Artist Name(s):	Danielle Darrieux (Actor) | Pierre Mingand (Actor) | Raymond Galle (Actor) | Billy Wilder | Sam Spiegel | Robert Planck Danielle Darrieux (Actor) | Pierre Mingand (Actor) | Raymond Galle (Actor) | 比利懷特 | Sam Spiegel | Robert Planck Danielle Darrieux (Actor) | Pierre Mingand (Actor) | Raymond Galle (Actor) | Billy Wilder | Sam Spiegel | Robert Planck Danielle Darrieux (Actor) | Pierre Mingand (Actor) | Raymond Galle (Actor) | Ｂｉｌｌｙ Ｗｉｌｄｅｒ | Sam Spiegel | Robert Planck Danielle Darrieux (Actor) | Pierre Mingand (Actor) | Raymond Galle (Actor) | Billy Wilder | Sam Spiegel | Robert Planck
Director:	Alexandre Esway | Billy Wilder Alexandre Esway | 比利懷特 Alexandre Esway | Billy Wilder Alexandre Esway | Ｂｉｌｌｙ Ｗｉｌｄｅｒ Alexandre Esway | Billy Wilder
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Release Date:	2002-11-26
UPC Code:	014381186727
Language:	English
Subtitles:	English
Country of Origin:	France
Picture Format:	NTSC What is it?
Color Information:	Black & White
Disc Format(s):	DVD
Region Code:	1 - USA, Canada, U.S. Territories What is it?
Rating:	Not Rated
Publisher:	Image Entertainment, Inc.
Package Weight:	150 (g)
Shipment Unit:	1 What is it?
YesAsia Catalog No.:	1010023056

Director: Alexandre Esway, Billy Wilder

DVD Features:

Region 1
Keep Case
Full Frame - 1.33
Audio:
Dolby Digital Mono - French
Additional Release Material:
Bonus Feature/Short - JOIE DE VIVRE