Speaking of Murder is a 1957 French crime film directed by Gilles Grangier and starring Jean Gabin. The original French title is Le rouge est mis, which means "the red light is on". The screenplay is based on a novel by Auguste Le Breton.[1]

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Speaking of Murder
French theatrical release poster
Directed byGilles Grangier
Written byMichel Audiard
(adaptation)
Gilles Grangier
(adaptation)
Auguste Le Breton
(adaptation)
Auguste Le Breton
(dialogue)
Based ona novel by Auguste Le Breton
Produced byJacques Bar
Alain Poiré
StarringJean Gabin
CinematographyLouis Page
Edited byChristian Gaudin
Jacqueline Sadoul
Music byDenis Kieffer
Color processBlack and white
Production
companies
Cité Films
Société Nouvelle des Établissements Gaumont
Distributed byGaumont
Release date
  • 12 April 1957 (1957-04-12)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
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Plot

Louis Bertain (Gabin) is the owner of a Paris garage which is the front for a robbery gang. He and his accomplices are careful to keep up a civic veneer by day, indulging in criminal activities only when "the red light is on" at night. This status quo is upset when one of the gang members becomes convinced that Louis' younger brother is a police informer.

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