A Bullet in the Gun Barrel

This article is about the French Crime film. For the Planet Perfecto song, see Bullet in the Gun.

A Bullet in the Gun Barrel (French: Une balle dans le canon) is a 1958 French crime film directed by Michel Deville and Charles Gérard.^[1]

A Bullet in the Gun Barrel
Directed by	Michel Deville Charles Gérard
Written by	Albert Simonin Charles Gérard Michel Deville
Starring	Pierre Vaneck
Release date	19 November 1958 (1958-11-19)
Running time	95 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

Plot

Two young paratroopers returning from Indochina, Tony and Dick, invest the 25 million entrusted to them by a man known as "the Maltese" in a Pigalle club called the Tip Tap, but he reappears and demands his money. Forced to sell, the two young men are double-crossed by Pépère, the former owner of the club, who is killed along with Dick while Tony is arrested for a murder he did not commit.

Cast

• Pierre Vaneck as Tony
• Mijanou Bardot as Brigitte Geoffrain
• Paul Frankeur as Pépère
• Roger Hanin as Dick
• Hazel Scott as herself (nightclub singer)
• Gérard Buhr as Alberto
• Michael Lonsdale as Mr Doory (champagne salesman)
• Mario David as the ousted protector
• Don Ziegler as the Maltese