Blood to the Head
Directed by	Gilles Grangier
Written by	Gilles Grangier Michel Audiard
Based on	Young Cardinaud by Georges Simenon
Produced by	Fernand Rivers
Starring	Jean Gabin Paul Frankeur Claude Sylvain
Cinematography	André Thomas
Edited by	Paul Cayatte
Music by	Henri Verdun
Production company	Les Films Fernand Rivers
Distributed by	Les Films Fernand Rivers
Release date	10 August 1956
Running time	83 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

Blood to the Head (French: Le sang à la tête) is a 1956 French drama film directed by Gilles Grangier and starring Jean Gabin, Paul Frankeur and Claude Sylvain.^[1] It is based on the 1942 novel Young Cardinaud by Georges Simenon. It was shot at the Epinay Studios and on location in La Rochelle. The film's sets were designed by the art director Robert Bouladoux.

Cast

• Jean Gabin as François Cardinaud
• Paul Frankeur as Drouin
• Claude Sylvain as Raymonde Babin
• Georgette Anys as Titine Babin
• José Quaglio as Mimile Babin
• Paul Faivre as Monsieur Cardinaud - père
• Léonce Corne as Charles Mandine
• Florelle as Sidonie Vauquier
• Paul Azaïs as Alphonse, le patron des 'Charentes'
• Rivers Cadet as Le patron du Robinson
• Paul Oettly as Vauquier
• Yolande Laffon as Isabelle Mandine
• Julienne Paroli as Madame Cardinaud - mère
• Gabriel Gobin as Arthur Cardinaud
• Marcel Pérès as Thévenot, un marinier
• Rudy Palmer as Vittorio
• Hugues Wanner as L'expert
• Joël Schmitt as Le patron du 'Grand Café'
• Jean-Louis Bras as Jean Cardinaud
• Monique Mélinand as Marthe Cardinaud
• Henri Crémieux as Hubert Mandine
• Renée Faure as Mademoiselle