Le Dernier tournant
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Le Dernier tournant is a 1939
French drama film directed by Pierre Chenal
, written by Charles Spaak
and Henri Torrès, based on novel "The Postman Always Rings Twice
" by James M. Cain
.
French films of 1939
A list of films produced in France in 1939:-1939:-External links:* at the Internet Movie Database**...
French drama film directed by Pierre Chenal
Pierre Chenal
Pierre Chenal was a French director and screenwriter who flourished in the 1930s, and was best known for film noir thrillers such as the 1937 film L’Alibi, where he worked with Erich von Stroheim and Louis Jouvet. In 1939 he made Le Dernier Tournant, the first of many film treatments of James M...
, written by Charles Spaak
Charles Spaak
Charles Spaak was a Belgian screenwriter who was noted particularly for his work in the French cinema during the 1930s...
and Henri Torrès, based on novel "The Postman Always Rings Twice
The Postman Always Rings Twice
The Postman Always Rings Twice is a 1934 crime novel by James M. Cain.The novel was quite successful and notorious upon publication, and is regarded as one of the more important crime novels of the 20th century...
" by James M. Cain
James M. Cain
James Mallahan Cain was an American author and journalist. Although Cain himself vehemently opposed labeling, he is usually associated with the hardboiled school of American crime fiction and seen as one of the creators of the roman noir...
.
Cast
- Fernand GraveyFernand GraveyFernand Gravey , also known as Fernand Gravet in America, was the son of actors Georges Mertens and Fernande Depernay, who have appeared in silent films produced by pioneer "Belge Cinéma Film" .- Early life :He started performing at the age of five, under his father's direction...
as Frank - Michel SimonMichel SimonMichel Simon , was a Swiss actor. The actor François Simon is his son.-Early years:...
as Nick Marino - Corinne LuchaireCorinne LuchaireCorinne Luchaire was a French film actress who was a star of French cinema on the eve of Second World War. Her association with the German occupation led her to be sentenced to "national indignity" after the war, and after writing an autobiography she died from tuberculosis aged only...
as Cora Marino - Marcel ValléeMarcel ValléeMarcel Vallée was a French actor, primarily of the theater. He began working in films with Max Linder in 1906.-References:...
as Le juge - Robert Le Vigan as Le cousin maître-chanteur
- Etienne DecrouxÉtienne DecrouxÉtienne Decroux studied at Jacques Copeau's Ecole du Vieux-Colombier, where he saw the beginnings of what was to become his life's obsession–Corporeal Mime...
as Le patron du bistrot - Florence Marly as Madge, la dompteuse
External links
- Le Dernier tournant at filmsdefrance.com