Speaking of Murder is a 1957 French crime film directed by Gilles Grangier and starring Jean Gabin. The original French title is Le rouge est mis, which means "the red light is on". The screenplay is based on a novel by Auguste Le Breton.
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Plot
Louis Bertain (Gabin) is the owner of a Paris garage which is the front for a robbery gang. He and his accomplices are careful to keep up a civic veneer by day, indulging in criminal activities only when "the red light is on" at night. This status quo is upset when one of the gang members becomes convinced that Louis' younger brother is a police informer.
Cast
Jean Gabin as Louis Bertain / Louis le Blond
Paul Frankeur as Frédo
Marcel Bozzuffi as Pierre (as Marcel Bozzufi)
Albert Dinan as L'inspecteur Pluvier (as Dinan)
Antonin Berval as Zé (as Berval)
Thomy Bourdelle as Le catcheur
Serge Lecointe as Bébert
Jean-Pierre Mocky as Pierre
Jo Peignot as Mimile (as Georges Peignot)
Lucien Raimbourg as Jo
Gabriel Gobin as L'inspecteur Bouvard
Jean Bérard as Raymond, le matelot
Gaby Basset as Hortense
Gina Nicloz as Mme Bertain (as Gina Niclos)
Lucienne Legrand as La dame du garage
Josselin as Antoine
Claude Nicot as L'effeminé
Lino Ventura as Pepito
Annie Girardot as Hélène (as Annie Girardot de la Comédie Française)