That's Not the Way to Die

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That's Not the Way to Die

Directed by	Jean Boyer
Written by	Ernst Neubach André Tabet
Based on	The Death Kiss plot from 1933 film by Edwin L. Marin
Produced by	Ernst Neubach Robert Tarcali
Starring	Erich von Stroheim Anne-Marie Blanc Denise Vernac
Cinematography	Walter Wottitz
Edited by	Yvonne Martin
Music by	Joe Hajos
Production company	Astra Paris Films
Distributed by	Astra Paris Films
Release date	3 July 1946 (1946-07-03)
Running time	95 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

That's Not the Way to Die (French: On ne meurt pas comme ça) is a 1946 French mystery crime film directed by Jean Boyer and starring Erich von Stroheim, Anne-Marie Blanc and Denise Vernac.^[1] The film's sets were designed by the art director Aimé Bazin. It borrows its main plot device from the 1932 American film The Death Kiss.^[1] von Stroheim was not happy with the film, but felt it received good reviews and was popular with audiences.^[1]

Synopsis

At a film studios while shooting a scene in which a man is killed, director Eric von Berg angrily calls cuts and rebukes the actor and shouts "That's Not the Way to Die". However, the actor soon turns out to be really dead, murdered by somebody present.

Cast

Erich von Stroheim, as Eric von Berg
Anne-Marie Blanc, as Marianne
Denise Vernac, as Lynn Laurens
Jean Témerson, as Le commissaire
André Tabet, as Cazenave
Jean-Jacques Delbo, as Pierre Vanier
Jean Berton, as Le régisseur
Sylvie, as Suzanne Bouvier
Sinoël, as Marcel
René Havard, as L'assistant
Georges Lannes, as Le docteur Jacques Forestier
Jacqueline Pierreux, as La figurante
Marcel Vallée, as Le producteur

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Lennig, Arthur (2003-04-18). Stroheim. University Press of Kentucky. pp. 440–441. ISBN 978-0-8131-9044-0.

External links

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Films directed by Jean Boyer

Calais-Dover (1931)
Monsieur, Madame and Bibi (1932)
Antonia (1935)
Counsel for Romance (1936)
On the Road (1936)
Mother Love (1938)
My Priest Among the Rich (1938)
Cocoanut (1939)
Extenuating Circumstances (1939)
Miquette (1940)
Serenade (1940)
The Acrobat (1941)
Romance of Paris (1941)
Frederica (1942)
Prince Charming (1942)
At Your Command, Madame (1942)
Bolero (1942)
The Lucky Star (1943)
The Devil Goes to Boarding School (1944)
That's Not the Way to Die (1946)
The Adventures of Casanova (1947)
Mademoiselle Has Fun (1948)
All Roads Lead to Rome (1949)
Brilliant Waltz (1949)
The Prize (1950)
We Will All Go to Paris (1950)
Mr. Peek-a-Boo (1951)
Monte Carlo Baby (1951)
An Artist with Ladies (1952)
Crazy for Love (1952)
Women of Paris (1953)
A Hundred Francs a Second (1953)
My Seven Little Sins (1954)
The Country of the Campanelli (1954)
Madelon (1955)
The Terror with Women (1956)
Fernandel the Dressmaker (1956)
Mademoiselle and Her Gang (1957)
Sénéchal the Magnificent (1957)
The Lord's Vineyard (1958)
Nina (1959)
The Indestructible (1959)
It's Not My Business (1962)
Virginie (1962)
The Bamboo Stroke (1963)
Relax Darling (1964)

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