Serenade of Texas

Serenade of Texas
Directed by	Richard Pottier
Written by	Jean Ferry Richard Pottier
Produced by	Suzanne Goosens
Starring	Luis Mariano Bourvil Germaine Damar
Cinematography	Lucien Joulin
Edited by	Lilyane Fattori Maurice Serein
Music by	Francis Lopez
Production company	Jason Films
Distributed by	Jason Films
Release date	17 December 1958 (1958-12-17)
Running time	98 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

Serenade of Texas (French: Sérénade au Texas) is a 1958 French musical western film, directed by Richard Pottier and starring Luis Mariano, Bourvil and Germaine Damar. In the 1890s, a Frenchman discovers that he has inherited property in a rowdy Texas town.

The film's sets were designed by the art director Rino Mondellini. Shooting took place at the Victorine Studios, in Nice. It was shot in Eastmancolor.

Cast

• Luis Mariano as Jacques Gardel
• Bourvil as Me. Jérôme Quilleboeuf
• Germaine Damar as Rose
• René Blancard as Le shérif
• Robert Rocca as Un fonctionnaire
• Jean Pâqui as Dawson
• Paul Mercey as Bill
• Gil Delamare as Harry
• André Philip as Le commissaire
• Albert Michel as Albert - l'employé du magasin
• Jean-François Martial
• Henri Arius
• Micheline Gary as Denise
• Liliane Bel
• Arlette Poirier as Dolorès
• Yves Deniaud as Roderick
• Les Bluebell Girls as Dancers from the Lido
• Sonja Ziemann as Sylvia
• Miguel Gamy as Clark
• Jacqueline Georges as Dorothy
• Nicole Jonesco as Rita
• Lucien Raimbourg as Ben
• Sylvain as Le garçon

Bibliography

• Hayward, Susan. French Costume Drama of the 1950s: Fashioning Politics in Film. Intellect Books, 2010.

External links

• Serenade of Texas at IMDb