Le dernier tournant (1939)

Director:

Pierre Chenal

Writers:

James M. Cain (novel), Charles Spaak,

Stars:

Fernand Gravey, Michel Simon, Marcel Vallée

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Fernand Gravey	...	Frank
Michel Simon	...	Nick Marino
Marcel Vallée	...	Le juge
Auguste Bovério	...	Le prêtre
René Bergeron	...	Le commissaire (as Bergeron)
Charles Blavette	...	Un camionneur
Georges Douking	...	Un joueur (as Douking)
Marcel Duhamel	...	Le monsieur pressé (as Duhamel)
Etienne Decroux	...	Le patron du bistrot (as Ducroux)
Pierre Labry	...	Un camionneur (as Labry)
Jean-François Martial	...	L'architecte (as Martial)
Serge Nadaud	...	Le motard (as Nadaud)
Fred Pasquali	...	Un joueur (as Pasquali)
Georges Paulais	...	Le greffier (as Paulais)
Georges Péclet	...	L'assureur (as Péclet)

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

foreign language adaptation | based on novel

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

France

Language:

French

Release Date:

2 December 1940 (Sweden)

Also Known As:

The Last Turn

Company Credits

Production Co:

Gladiator Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Version of Ossessione (1943)

User Reviews

The hubby steals the show.

The first of the four versions of "postman always rings twice" is not uninteresting.Its main asset is Michel Simon's presence:he was one of the greatest French actors ever and he easily outshines Fernand Gravey and Corinne Luchaire as the lovers and all the other actors who would take on the hubby's part.It does not cut,however,Visconti's version and even Tay Garnett's in my humble opinion;on the other hand ,I've always thought that the Rafelson Nicholsonesque version was overblown and the weakest of the lot.

Pierre Chenal would never equal this success:the end of his career never finds back the noir atmosphere of his pre-war movies."La foire aux Chimères" ,his chef d'oeuvre, was a different matter.