While Paris Sleeps (1932 film)
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Initial release May 8, 1932 Running time 1h 7m Art director William S. Darling | 7/10 Duration Director Genre Drama | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Similar movies Wharf Angel (1934) |
Jacques escapes from a penal colony to see his daughter Manon in Paris. He saves Manon and her boyfriend from kidnappers and dies to keep his daughter from discovering who he really is.
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While Paris Sleeps is a 1932 dramatic film directed by Allan Dwan.

To save his daughter Manon (Helen Mack) from falling into the hands of a vicious gang of pimps, convict Jacques Costard (Victor McLaglen) escapes from jail. Jacques' problems are twofold: he must keep Manon from being abducted into a life of prostitution, and he must also hide his true identity from the girl, who has been raised to believe that Jacques died a hero in WWI.
Plot
Jacques Costaud, a French war veteran is sentenced to life in prison for killing a man but soon escapes from a penal colony in French Guyana. He then flees to Paris to find his daughter Manon, who believes him dead. Now he must try to keep her from being abducted into a life of prostitution and keeping his true identity a secret.
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References
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