Paris by Night
Paris by Night

Paris by Night

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1989
1h 43m
4.3(12 votes)
Drama
Thriller

Overview

Clara Bell is a busy Euro MP with a husband and child at home and a high powered career - but on a trip to Paris her ordered existence is overturned by a murder and a chance encounter.

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Cast & Crew

36 members
Acting

Charlotte Rampling

Clara Paige

Charlotte Rampling
Acting

Michael Gambon

Gerald Paige

Michael Gambon
Acting

Robert Hardy

Adam Gillvray

Robert Hardy
Acting

Iain Glen

Wallace Sharp

Iain Glen
Acting

Jane Asher

Pauline

Jane Asher
Acting

Andrew Ray

Michael Swanton

Andrew Ray
Acting

Niamh Cusack

Jenny Swanton

Niamh Cusack
Acting

Linda Bassett

Janet Swanton

Linda Bassett
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Robert Flemyng

Jack Sidmouth

Robert Flemyng
Acting

Robert David MacDonald

Sir Arthur Sanderson

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Julian Firth

Lawrence

Julian Firth
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Bradley Cole

Young Man

Bradley Cole
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Sandi Toksvig

Sandra

Sandi Toksvig
Acting

Jonathan White

Simon Paige

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Brian Cobby

Foreign Secretary

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Rashid Karapiet

Sikh Leader

Rashid Karapiet
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Juliet Harmer

Delia

Juliet Harmer
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Melissa Stribling

Lady Boeing

Melissa Stribling
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Peter Whitbread

English Lecturer

Peter Whitbread
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Czeslaw Grocholski

Foreign Lecturer

Czeslaw Grocholski
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Christopher Baines

Young Organiser

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Writing

Reg Gadney

British Diplomat

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Louba Guertchikoff

Madam Zinyafski

Louba Guertchikoff
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Tina Sportolaro

Violet

Tina Sportolaro
Acting

Alain Fromager

Paul Zinyafski

Alain Fromager
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Patrick Pérez

Hector Zinyafski

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Rebecca Journo

Little Girl

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Bernard Ristroph

Hotel Night Clerk

Bernard Ristroph
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Michel Motu

Gendarme

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François Greze

Young Hotel Clerk

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Ivan Nabakov

American

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Louisa Rix

Nurse

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Annabel Brooks

Girl At Gillvray's Office

Annabel Brooks
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Geoffrey Wilkinson

Porter at Club

Geoffrey Wilkinson
Acting

Edward Clayton

Birmingham Chairman

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Geoffrey Larder

Birmingham Assistant

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