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Director:
René Clément
Writers:
René Clément (writer)
Pascal Jardin (dialogue)
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Release Date:
November 1964 (USA) more
Genre:
Crime | Drama | Thriller more
Tagline:
The Women of the "Joy House" Allowed Him Every Freedom...Except the Freedom to Leave! more
Plot:
French filmmaker Rene Clement presents Alan Delon as a petty criminal on the run from the underground... more | add synopsis
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NewsDesk:
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French Producer Bar Dies
 (From WENN. 3 February 2009, 4:20 AM, PST)
On DVD: "Joy House," "The Witman Boys"
 (From IFC. 12 August 2008, 7:49 AM, PDT)
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You have to see it in French! more (15 total)

Cast

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Alain Delon ... Marc

Jane Fonda ... Melinda
Lola Albright ... Barbara
Sorrell Booke ... Harry
Carl Studer ... Loftus
André Oumansky ... Vincent
Arthur Howard ... Father Nielson
George Gaynes
Annette Poivre ... Employee
Berett Arcaya ... Diana
Marc Mazza ... The Corsican
Jacques Bézard ... Napoleon
Jean-Pierre Honoré ... Schneider
Georges Douking ... Clochard (as Douking)
Del Negro ... Mick (as Negro)
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Directed by
René Clément 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
René Clément  writer
Pascal Jardin  dialogue
Pascal Jardin  screenplay
Day Keene  novel "Joy House"
Charles Williams  dialogue
Charles Williams  screenplay

Produced by
Jacques Bar .... producer
 
Original Music by
Lalo Schifrin 
 
Cinematography by
Henri Decaë 
 
Film Editing by
Fedora Zincone 
 
Production Design by
Jean André 
 
Costume Design by
Pierre Balmain 
 
Makeup Department
Alex Archambault .... hair stylist
Aïda Carange .... makeup artist
Jacques Desanges .... hair stylist
 
Production Management
Léon Sanz .... production manager
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Costa-Gavras .... assistant director
Bernard Paul .... assistant director
 
Art Department
Robert André .... assistant decorator
Eugène Roman .... assistant decorator
 
Sound Department
Antoine Bonfanti .... sound
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Alain Douarinou .... camera operator
Victor Rodrigue .... still photographer
 
Editorial Department
Catherine Gascuel .... assistant editor
 
Other crew
Michel Choquet .... general manager
Yvette Vérité .... script girl
 
Crew believed to be complete


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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Joy House (USA)
The Love Cage (UK)
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Runtime:
97 min
Country:
France
Language:
French | English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Certification:
Germany:12 (re-rating) (2006) | West Germany:18 (original rating) | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15
Filming Locations:
Studios Eclair, Epinay-sur-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis, France
Company:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
George Gaynes' movie debut. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in Filmmaking on the Riviera (1964) more
Soundtrack:
Theme From Joy House (Just Call Me Love Bird) more

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16 out of 20 people found the following review useful.
You have to see it in French!, 24 October 2003
10/10
Author: Benoît A. Racine (benoit-3) from Toronto, Ontario, Canada

I never saw the English dubbing of this film, but I saw the French original and it is superlative. The music by Lalo Shiffrin is absolutely groundbreaking and a promise of "missions impossible" to come. The photography and editing only give Godard's "Breathless" a knowing passing reference but are way ahead of anything the so-called New Wave (with its stuttering scripts, faulty story-telling, amateur production values and intellectual pretensions) could ever come up with. You'll think you're watching outtakes of "A Hard Day's Night" and the film would still be better than most of today's US suspense-actioners if it hadn't been for the invention of the steadycam. You haven't truly lived until you have experienced Jane Fonda's French-speaking virginal sex kitten act. A taut thriller, extremely modern, from a filmmaker who was always synonymous with the principle of "quality first". Like many French film classics, it is inspired by those oh-so-exotic British/US "romans noirs" (crime novels). And it is a statement on the cold fact that women are about to take over the world and that those lovely little menzipoos can only be relied on for violence and sex.

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