Le Paria is a French comedy

Comedy film

Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences...

 police film from 1969. It was directed by Claude Carliez

Claude Carliez

Claude Carliez is a French master at arms in classical fencing who became a period and fencing advisor to French films. He graduated to a stunt performer, stunt coordinator, special effects person and film director. He worked with such legends of the French cinema as Jean Marais, Louis de Funes,...

, written by Claude Rank, starring Jean Marais

Jean Marais

-Biography:A native of Cherbourg, France, Marais starred in several movies directed by Jean Cocteau, for a time his lover, most famously Beauty and the Beast and Orphée ....

 and Marie-José Nat

Marie-José Nat

Marie-José Nat is a French film and television actress.-Early life and family:Marie-José Nat was born Mary-José Benhalassa in Bonifacio, Corse-du-Sud, to a Kabyle father and a Corsican mother...

. The film was also known under the title Diamond Rush (UK), (Spain), (Italy).

Plot

The film is the story of Manu pursued by band of the gangsters. The villains finds refuge in a widow's house. Lucia has a little boy. Manu sacrificed himself for Lucia and her son.

Cast

• Jean Marais
  Jean Marais
  -Biography:A native of Cherbourg, France, Marais starred in several movies directed by Jean Cocteau, for a time his lover, most famously Beauty and the Beast and Orphée ....
  
   : Manu
• Marie-José Nat
  Marie-José Nat
  Marie-José Nat is a French film and television actress.-Early life and family:Marie-José Nat was born Mary-José Benhalassa in Bonifacio, Corse-du-Sud, to a Kabyle father and a Corsican mother...
  
   : Lucia
• Horst Frank
  Horst Frank
  Horst Frank was a German film actor. He appeared in over 100 films between 1955 and 1999. He was born in Lübeck, Germany and died in Heidelberg, Germany.-Selected filmography:* Der Stern von Afrika...
  
   : Rolf
• Jean Lara
• Jacques Stany
• Béatrice Delf
• Eric Donat
• Nieves Navarro
  Nieves Navarro
  Nieves Navarro is a retired Spanish-born Italian actress and fashion model. Navarro worked extensively in Italian cinema appearing alongside actors such as Totò and Lino Banfi in the 1960s and 70s...
  
   : Sylvia
• Enrique San Francisco : José (as Quique San Francisco)
• J. Picas : Toccelli
• J. Rocha : Turchi
• Josep Castillo Escalona : Max (as C. Escalona)
• A. Gadea : Paul

External links

• Le Paria at Gaumont
• Le Paria (1969), Jaque mate at Films de France