
Paris by Night
1989-04-18 · 103 min · ★ 4.8
Clara Bell is a busy Euro MP with a husband and child at home and a high powered career - but on a trip to Paris her ordered existence is overturned by a murder and a chance encounter.
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- Directors
- David Hare
- Production companies
- British Screen Productions, Zenith Entertainment, Greenpoint Films, National Film Trustee Company
- Countries
- United Kingdom
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Charlotte RamplingClara Paige
Michael GambonGerald Paige
Robert HardyAdam Gillvray
Iain GlenWallace Sharp
Jane AsherPauline
Andrew RayMichael Swanton
Niamh CusackJenny Swanton
Linda BassettJanet Swanton
Robert FlemyngJack Sidmouth
Julian FirthLawrence
Bradley ColeYoung Man
Sandi ToksvigSandra
Rashid KarapietSikh Leader
Juliet HarmerDelia
Melissa StriblingLady Boeing
Peter WhitbreadEnglish Lecturer
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