Escaping from a policeman who has caught h.im with a stolen dog, Toto (Albert Préjean), a petty crook, hides in the apartment of a typist, Ginette (Renée Saint-Cyr). The two quickly fall in love, and after a brief incarceration, Toto returns to her and schemes to have her win a beauty contest.
Direction
Tourneur's kinetic pre-Hollywood energy in every chase.
Acting
Préjean's Toto: chaotic charisma in a beret.
Production
Gritty 1933 Paris locations, no soundstage escape.
Director
Jacques Tourneur
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Tourneur made this at 19, already showing the shadowplay that would define Cat People a decade later.
Albert Préjean was so synonymous with charming criminals that he played Toto variants in multiple films—this one's just called Toto.
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