Paris-New York

{{short description|1940 film}} {{Infobox film | name = Paris-New York | image = Paris-New York.jpg | caption = | director = {{ubl|Yves Mirande|Claude Heymann|Georges Lacombe}} | producer = | writer = Yves Mirande | narrator = | starring = {{ubl|Gaby Morlay|Michel Simon|André Lefaur}} | music = Henri Casadesus | cinematography = {{ubl|Willy Faktorovitch|Roger Hubert}} | editing = Andrée Danis | studio = Regina Films | distributor = Filmsonor | released = {{Film date|1940|04|03|df=yes}} | runtime = 90 minutes | country = France | language = French | budget = | gross = }} '''''Paris-New York''''' (French: '''''Paris New-York''''') is a 1940 French comedy crime film directed by Yves Mirande, Claude Heymann and Georges Lacombe. It stars Gaby Morlay, Michel Simon and André Lefaur.<ref>Oscherwitz & Higgins p.306</ref> It was shot at the Cité Elgé studios in Paris and aboard the {{SS|Normandie}}. The film's sets were designed by the art director Andrej Andrejew. It was produced during the Phoney War period and released shortly before the Fall of France.

==Synopsis== During an Atlantic crossing aboard a liner, a variety of passengers interact including an Inspector escorting a precious diamond, another Sûreté officer on an investigation, several criminals, a journalist in love with the daughter of an American banker and her disapproving father whose disappearance leads to suspicions he has been murdered. In addition the diamond also goes missing on the voyage.

==Cast== {{cast listing| * Gaby Morlay as Gaby * Michel Simon as L'inspecteur Boucheron * André Lefaur as Deloisel * Claude Dauphin as Paul Landry * Jacques Baumer as Le commissaire Lambert * Jules Berry as Le manager Sinclair * Simone Berriau as Lydia de Saintonge * Gisèle Préville as Jane Billingham * René Alexandre as Billingham * Aimé Clariond as M. de Saintonge * Maurice Escande as Conrad * Marcel Simon as Léopold Castagnères * Marguerite Pierry as Mme Castagnères * Léon Arvel * Rivers Cadet as Un employé * Lise Courbet as Miss Deauville * René Fleur as Le commissaire de bord * Robert Ozanne as Le barman * Philippe Richard as Le commandant * Noël Roquevert as Un policier * Denise Vernac }}

== References == <references/>

== Bibliography == * Dayna Oscherwitz & MaryEllen Higgins. ''The A to Z of French Cinema''. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

== External links == * {{IMDb title|0160639}}

Category:1940 films Category:1940 comedy films Category:French comedy films Category:1940 French-language films Category:Films directed by Georges Lacombe Category:Films directed by Yves Mirande Category:French black-and-white films Category:1940 French films Category:Films shot at Cité Elgé Studios Category:French-language comedy films