{{short description|1952 film}} {{Infobox film | name = Wolves Hunt at Night | image = Les loups chassent la nuit.jpg | caption = | director = Bernard Borderie | producer = Raymond Borderie |based_on = ''Le Lieutenant de Gibraltar'' by Pierre Frondaie | writer = {{ubl|Bernard Borderie|Francis Thuret}} | starring = {{ubl|Jean-Pierre Aumont|Carla Del Poggio|Fernand Ledoux}} | music = Joseph Kosma | cinematography = Jacques Lemare | editing = Henri Taverna | studio = {{ubl|CICC|Fono Roma}} | distributor = Pathé Consortium Cinéma | released ={{Film date|1952|02|06|df=yes}} | runtime = 98 minutes | country = {{ubl|France|Italy}} | language = French | budget = }}
'''''Wolves Hunt at Night''''' (French: '''''Les Loups chassent la nuit''''', Italian: '''''La ragazza di Trieste''''') is a 1952 French-Italian spy thriller film directed by Bernard Borderie and starring Jean-Pierre Aumont, Carla Del Poggio and Fernand Ledoux.<ref>Marie p.23</ref><ref>Gili & Tassone p.246</ref> It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris and on location in Trieste and Venice. The film's sets were designed by the art director René Moulaert.
==Synopsis== A French secret agent is summoned by his superior, the head of a counterespionage organisation, to Trieste where he is takes with trying to unmask a potential enemy operating in Venice. His attempts are obstructed by an attractive cabaret singer who may be working with the opposition.
== Cast == * Jean-Pierre Aumont as Cyril Dormoy, an agent of Mollert * Carla Del Poggio as Catherine, the friend of Cyril, singer of cabaret * Fernand Ledoux as Thomas Mollert, journalist and leader of a spy ring of counterespionage * Marcel Herrand as Pedro, the director of cabaret * John Kitzmiller as the black servant of Miguel * Roldano Lupi as Miguel, spy and salable falsehood of pictures * Nicolas Vogel as Jim, the driver of Mollert * Attilio Dottesio as Baum, alias: "Horner", a spy * Gianni Rizzo as the Italian commissioner * Sophie Sel as an employee of the hotel * Louis de Funès as the barman servant * Tancrédi as the driver
== References == {{Reflist}}
==Bibliography== * Gili, Jean A. & Tassone, Aldo. ''Parigi-Roma: 50 anni di coproduzioni italo-francesi (1945–1995)''. Editrice Il castoro, 1995. * Marie, Michel. ''The French New Wave: An Artistic School''. John Wiley & Sons, 2008.
== External links == * {{IMDb title|id=0043956}} * [http://filmsdefrance.com/FDF_Les_Loups_chassent_la_nuit_1952_rev.html Les Loups chassent la nuit (1952)] at the ''Films de France''
Category:1952 films Category:1950s spy films Category:French spy films Category:Italian spy films Category:1952 French-language films Category:Films directed by Bernard Borderie Category:Films produced by Raymond Borderie Category:Films based on French novels Category:French black-and-white films Category:Pathé films Category:Films shot at Billancourt Studios Category:Films shot in Venice Category:Films set in Trieste Category:Films set in Venice Category:Films scored by Joseph Kosma Category:1952 French films Category:1952 Italian films Category:French-language Italian films Category:French-language spy films
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