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The Last Turning (1939)
Directed by Pierre Chenal
Drama, Crime, Romance · 1h 30m
Frank, a hobo, ends up in a garage-truck stop in the middle of nowhere. Nick Marino, its older, kind and naive owner, is married to Cora, a sexy and mercenary woman half his age. Frank, although not a fan of hard work, accepts Nick's offer to work for him. Of course, it is not for Nick's sake that the young man becomes his attendant, but for the love of Cora under whose spell he has fallen at once. It does not take long before Cora, who despises her husband, asks her lover to help her get rid of him. Frank is reluctant at first but ...
Cast
Fernand Gravey
Frank Maurice
Michel Simon
Nick Marino
Corinne Luchaire
Cora Marino
M
Marcel Vallée
Judge
Auguste Bovério
Priest
René Bergeron
Commissioner
Charles Blavette
Trucker
Georges Douking
Player
Marcel Duhamel
Gentleman in a hurry
Etienne Decroux
Boss of the bistro
Pierre Labry
Trucker
Jean-François Martial
Architect
Crew
- Director
- Pierre Chenal
- Writer
- Henri Torrès, Charles Spaak
- Novel
- James M. Cain
- Director of Photography
- Christian Matras
- Original Music Composer
- Jean Wiener
- Editor
- Borys Lewin
- Producer
- Charles Smadja
Details
- Original title
- Le Dernier Tournant
- Release date
- 1939-05-17
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Genres
- Drama, Crime, Romance
- Original language
- FR
- Spoken languages
- French
- Countries
- France
- Production
- Gladiator Productions