They Were Five
Ils étaient cinq
Watch they were five soap2day. Now that the world conflict is over, five inseparable wartime buddies swear eternal friendship now to each other. But there's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip. Jean becomes a postman, Marcel a boxer, Roger an actor, André a student and Philippe remains what he has always been, a young man of good social standing. Roger, who can't find any role, is introduced through his singer sister Valérie, to Frédo, a shady nightclub owner.Roger soon becomes one of Frédo's henchmen. To make matters worse, he swipes Jean's fiancée, Simone. Marcel, who loses fight after fight, ends up joining Fredo's gang as well. André, who wanted to redeem the faults of his father during the Occupation, gets killed in the Indochina war. Marcel is shot down while taking part in a robbery. In her turn, Valérie is bumped off by an accomplice of Fredo and Roger is sent to jail.
- Genre: Drama
- Country: France
- Director: Jack Pinoteau
- Cast: Jean Carmet, Jean Gaven, Michel Jourdan, Jean-Claude Pascal, Arlette Merry, Louis de Funès, François Martin, Nicole Besnard, Irène Hilda, Marcel André, Robert Dalban, Paul Mesnier, Jean Ozenne, Charles Fawcett, André Versini, Jean Marchat, Georgette Anys, Roland Carey, René Hell, Guy Henry, Hilda Bernard,
