Savage Triangle

{{short description|1951 film}} {{Infobox film | name = Savage Triangle | image =File:Savage Triangle.jpg | caption = | director = [[Jean Delannoy]] | producer = [[Joseph Bercholz]] [[Edouard Gide]] | writer = [[Edouard Peisson]] (novel) Jean Delannoy [[Henri Jeanson]] | narrator = | starring = [[Madeleine Robinson]] [[Frank Villard]] [[Henri Vilbert]] | music = [[Paul Misraki]] | cinematography = [[Robert Lefebvre]] | editing = [[James Cuenet]] | studio = Les Films Gibé | distributor =[[Pathé Consortium Cinéma]] | released = {{Film date|1951|09|26|df=yes}} | runtime = 112 minutes | country = France | language = [[French language|French]] | budget = | gross = }} '''''Savage Triangle''''' (French: '''''Le garçon sauvage''''') is a 1951 French [[drama film]] directed by [[Jean Delannoy]] and starring [[Madeleine Robinson]], [[Frank Villard]] and [[Henri Vilbert]].<ref>Goble p.363</ref> The film's sets were designed by the [[art director]] [[René Renoux]]. It was shot partly [[location shooting|on location]] in [[Marseille]] where the film is set.

==Synopsis== Simon, the twelve-year-old son of Marie, a [[prostitute]], has been brought up in rural [[Provence]] in ignorance of his mother's life but now comes to live with her in Marseille. His initial idolisation of her is disillusioned when he discovers the truth, and he hates her lover Paul. Simon comes to dream of going away to sea, and spending time with the sympathetic [[Sea captain|Captain]] François.

==Cast== * [[Madeleine Robinson]] as Marie * [[Frank Villard]] as Paul * [[Henri Vilbert]] as Capitaine François * Pierre-Michel Beck as Simon - le garcon sauvage * [[Nicolas Amato]] as Le complice * [[Henri Arius]] as Victor - le patron du café * [[Edmond Beauchamp]] as Gilles * [[Dora Doll]] as La blonde amie de Paul * [[Georges Douking]] as Le paysan * [[Albert Duvaleix]] as Le monsieur du taxi * [[Fransined]] asLe coiffeur * [[René Génin]] as Le premier client de Marie * [[Janine Miller]] as Anny Flynn * [[Raphaël Patorni]] as Luccioni * [[Fernand Sardou]] as L'inspecteur

== References == {{reflist}}

== Bibliography == * Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

== External links == * {{IMDb title|0045122}}

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