We're No Angels (1955) on Netflix
Escaped from Devil's Island, Joseph, Albert and Jules reach Cayenne on Christmas Eve. They enter the store run by Felix Ducotel, the only shop in town that offers supplies on credit.
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On Christmas Eve in 1895, Joseph, Albert and Jules slip out of the prison on Devil's Island in French Guiana and reach the colonial town of Cayenne. Joseph is a thief, and the other two are murderers. They walk into the store Felix Ducotel manages, the only business in town that hands out supplies on credit and one in a poor financial position. The family is Felix, Amelie and their daughter Isabelle. The convicts mean to wait for nightfall, take clothes and supplies and board a ship in the harbor. They repair the leaking roof free of charge, and they begin selling goods in the shop, bringing the store its first cash in a long time.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about We're No Angels (1955)
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- Samuel and Bella Spewack's Broadway play My Three Angels was adapted from Albert Husson's La Cuisine Des Anges, but the film credited only the French original, so the Spewacks sued Paramount four months after the film's release.
- The opening sequence uses the song "Ma France Bien-Aimée," which borrows the music of "Plaisir d'amour", the same tune Elvis Presley used as the melody for his 1961 hit "Can't Help Falling in Love."
- The song "Sentimental Moments" by Friedrich Hollander and Ralph Freed was recorded and released by Eric Clapton for his 2018 Christmas album, Happy Xmas.
