Chéri-Bibi (1955 film)

Chéri-Bibi is a 1955 French-Italian adventure drama film directed by Marcello Pagliero and starring Jean Richard, Lea Padovani and Danielle Godet. It is based on the 1916 novel Chéri-Bibi and Cécily by Gaston Leroux. It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome and on location around Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Franco Lolli. It was filmed in Ferraniacolor.

Synopsis
Wrongly accused of a crime Chéri-Bibi is sentence to imprisonment on the penal colony of Devil's Island in French Guiana. During the journey he leads a mutiny of the prisoners and they gain control of the ship. In the middle of the ocean he comes across a raft with the castaway Maxime du Touchais, the unworthy husband of Cécily the woman Chéri-Bibi loves. Taking the man's identity, Chéri-Bibi returns to France to seek revenge on those responsible for his fate and to seek a new future with Cécily.

Cast

 * Jean Richard as	Chéri-bibi / Maxime du Touchais
 * Lea Padovani as 	La Comtesse
 * Arnoldo Foà as 	Le Kanak
 * Danielle Godet as 	Cécily du Touchais
 * Raymond Bussières as 	La Ficelle
 * Carlo Ninchi as 	Le Commandant
 * Andrée Servilanges as 	Jacqueline
 * Albert Préjean as 	Inspecteur Costaud
 * Memmo Carotenuto as 	Faccia di bronzo
 * Ubaldo Lay as 	Conte Ponte-Marie
 * Nino Vingelli as 	Palla di Gomma
 * Gino Scotti as 	Piccolo Santo
 * Erminio Spalla as Il rosso
 * Nietta Zocchi as 	La governante
 * Raf Pindi as 	Secondo ufficiale