The Green Glove
In This Deadly Game... He Could Lose Only Once!
1952 · 1h 29m · Approved
Crime, Mystery
Directed by
Rudolph Maté
Overview
In World War II France, American soldier Michael Blake captures, then loses Nazi-collaborator art thief Paul Rona, who leaves behind a gem studded gauntlet (a stolen religious relic). Years later, financial reverses lead Mike to return in search of the object. In Paris, he must dodge mysterious followers and a corpse that's hard to explain; so he and attractive tour guide Christine decamp on a cross-country pursuit that becomes love on the run...then takes yet another turn.
Director and cast
- Rudolph Maté Director
- Glenn Ford as Michael 'Mike' Blake
- Geraldine Brooks as Christine 'Chris' Kenneth
- Cedric Hardwicke as Father Goron
- George Macready as Count Paul Rona
- Gaby André as Gaby Saunders
- Jany Holt as The Countess
- Roger Tréville as Police Insp. Faubert
- Juliette Gréco as Singer (scenes deleted)
- Georges Tabet as Jacques Piotet
- Meg Lemonnier as Madame Piotet
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