Blood to the Head

1956 film

Blood to the Head

Directed by	Gilles Grangier
Written by	Gilles Grangier Michel Audiard
Based on	Young Cardinaud by Georges Simenon
Produced by	Fernand Rivers
Starring	Jean Gabin Paul Frankeur Claude Sylvain
Cinematography	André Thomas
Edited by	Paul Cayatte
Music by	Henri Verdun
Production company	Les Films Fernand Rivers
Distributed by	Les Films Fernand Rivers
Release date	10 August 1956
Running time	83 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

Blood to the Head (French: Le sang à la tête) is a 1956 French drama film directed by Gilles Grangier and starring Jean Gabin, Paul Frankeur and Claude Sylvain.^[1] It is based on the 1942 novel Young Cardinaud by Georges Simenon. It was shot at the Epinay Studios and on location in La Rochelle. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Bouladoux.

Cast

Jean Gabin as François Cardinaud
Paul Frankeur as Drouin
Claude Sylvain as Raymonde Babin
Georgette Anys as Titine Babin
José Quaglio as Mimile Babin
Paul Faivre as Monsieur Cardinaud - père
Léonce Corne as Charles Mandine
Florelle as Sidonie Vauquier
Paul Azaïs as Alphonse, le patron des 'Charentes'
Rivers Cadet as Le patron du Robinson
Paul Oettly as Vauquier
Yolande Laffon as Isabelle Mandine
Julienne Paroli as Madame Cardinaud - mère
Gabriel Gobin as Arthur Cardinaud
Marcel Pérès as Thévenot, un marinier
Rudy Palmer as Vittorio
Hugues Wanner as L'expert
Joël Schmitt as Le patron du 'Grand Café'
Jean-Louis Bras as Jean Cardinaud
Monique Mélinand as Marthe Cardinaud
Henri Crémieux as Hubert Mandine
Renée Faure as Mademoiselle

References

^ Oscherwitz & Higgins p.177

Bibliography

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

External links

Blood to the Head at IMDb

Films by Michel Audiard

Written and directed

Leontine (1968)
A Golden Widow (1969)
Elle boit pas, elle fume pas, elle drague pas, mais... elle cause ! (1970)
How to Do Well When You're a Jerk and a Crybaby (1974)

Written only

Mission in Tangier (1949)
Beware of Blondes (1950)
Darling Caroline (1951)
Mr. Peek-a-Boo (1951)
My Wife Is Formidable (1951)
The Man in My Life (1952)
Massacre in Lace (1952)
She and Me (1952)
The Long Teeth (1953)
The Most Wanted Man (1953)
The Three Musketeers (1953)
April Fools' Day (1954)
The Cheerful Squadron (1954)
Love in a Hot Climate (1954)
Quay of Blondes (1954)
Gas-Oil (1955)
Blood to the Head (1956)
Mannequins of Paris (1956)
Short Head (1956)
Fugitive in Saigon (1957)
Retour de manivelle (1957)
Speaking of Murder (1957)
Three Days to Live (1957)
Le désordre et la nuit (1958)
Maigret Sets a Trap (1958)
Les Misérables (1958)
The Possessors (1958)
Archimède le clochard (1959)
Babette Goes to War (1959)
Eyes of Love (1959)
Maigret et l'affaire Saint-Fiacre (1959)
Rue des prairies (1959)
Too Late to Love (1959)
The Baron of the Locks (1960)
Love and the Frenchwoman (1960)
The Old Guard (1960)
The Counterfeiters of Paris (1961)
Famous Love Affairs (1961)
The Lions Are Loose (1961)
The President (1961)
Taxi for Tobruk (1961)
The Devil and the Ten Commandments (1962)
Emile's Boat (1962)
The Gentleman from Epsom (1962)
A Monkey in Winter (1962)
Any Number Can Win (1963)
Carom Shots (1963)
Les Tontons flingueurs (1963)
The Trip to Biarritz (1963)
La Chasse à l'homme (1964)
The Great Spy Chase (1964)
Greed in the Sun (1964)
Salad by the Roots (1964)
Une souris chez les hommes (1964)
Les Bons Vivants (1965)
Crime on a Summer Morning (1965)
La Métamorphose des cloportes (1965)
Tender Scoundrel (1966)
All Mad About Him (1967)
An Idiot in Paris (1967)
Johnny Banco (1967)
A Little Virtuous (1968)
Pasha (1968)
Under the Sign of the Bull (1969)
Incorrigible (1975)
Body of My Enemy (1976)
The Big Operator (1976)
Animal (1977)
Death of a Corrupt Man (1977)
Cop or Hood (1979)
Les Égouts du paradis (1979)
Le Guignolo (1980)
Jupiter's Thigh (1980)
Il lupo e l'agnello (1980)
Garde à Vue (1981)
The Professional (1981)
Espion, lève-toi (1982)
Deadly Circuit (1983)
Le Marginal (1983)
Dog Day (1984)
Les Morfalous (1984)
La Cage aux Folles 3: The Wedding (1985)
He Died with His Eyes Open (1985)

v t e Films directed by Gilles Grangier
Adémaï bandit d'honneur (1943) The Black Cavalier (1945) Lessons in Conduct (1946) The Adventure of Cabassou (1946) Trente et Quarante (1946) Something to Sing About (1947) Rendezvous in Paris (1947) Danger of Death (1947) Par la fenêtre (1948) Woman Without a Past (1948) Jo la Romance (1949) Amour et compagnie (1950) Amédée (1950) The Little Zouave (1950) Les femmes sont folles (1950) The Straw Lover (1950) The Happy Man (1950) Les petites Cardinal (1951) The Prettiest Sin in the World (1951) Love, Madame (1952) Twelve Hours of Happiness (1952) Jeunes mariés (1953) Rhine Virgin (1953) Faites-moi confiance (1954) Trust Me! (1954) April Fools' Day (1954) Gas-Oil (1955) Spring, Autumn and Love (1955) Gas-Oil (1955) Blood to the Head (1956) The Schemer (1957) Speaking of Murder (1957) Three Days to Live (1957) Not Delivered (1958) Le Désordre et la Nuit (1958) Archimède le clochard (1959) 125 Rue Montmartre (1959) The Old Guard (1960) The Counterfeiters of Paris (1961) The Gentleman from Epsom (1962) The Trip to Biarritz (1963) Maigret voit rouge (1963) My Wife's Husband (1963) That Tender Age (1964) Train d'enfer (1965) Les Bons Vivants (1965) The Man in the Buick (1968) Under the Sign of the Bull (1969) A Loser (1972) Gross Paris (1974) The Pirates of the Pacific (1975) Insula comorilor (1975) William the Conqueror (1982)

Films directed by Gilles Grangier