Paris-New York

Paris-New York
Directed by	Yves Mirande Claude Heymann Georges Lacombe
Written by	Yves Mirande
Starring	Gaby Morlay Michel Simon André Lefaur
Cinematography	Willy Faktorovitch Roger Hubert
Edited by	Andrée Danis
Music by	Henri Casadesus
Production company	Regina Films
Distributed by	Filmsonor
Release date	3 April 1940 (1940-04-03)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

Paris-New York (French: Paris New-York) is a 1940 French comedy crime film directed by Yves Mirande, Claude Heymann and Georges Lacombe. It stars Gaby Morlay, Michel Simon and André Lefaur.^[1] It was shot at the Cité Elgé studios in Paris and aboard the SS Normandie. The film's sets were designed by the art director Andrej Andrejew. It was produced during the Phoney War period and released shortly before the Fall of France.

During an Atlantic crossing aboard a liner, a variety of passengers interact including an Inspector escorting a precious diamond, another Sûreté officer on an investigation, several criminals, a journalist in love with the daughter of an American banker and her disapproving father whose disappearance leads to suspicions he has been murdered. In addition the diamond also goes missing on the voyage.

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

• Paris-New York at IMDb

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