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Back to the Wall

Original title: Le dos au mur
  • 19581958
  • 1h 33m
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
457
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Back to the Wall (1958)
CrimeDramaFilm-Noir
A wealthy industrialist discovers his wife is having an affair and decides to exact revenge by blackmailing her under an assumed identity.A wealthy industrialist discovers his wife is having an affair and decides to exact revenge by blackmailing her under an assumed identity.A wealthy industrialist discovers his wife is having an affair and decides to exact revenge by blackmailing her under an assumed identity.
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
457
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Édouard Molinaro
  • Writers
    • Frédéric Dard(novel "Délivrez-nous du mal")
    • François Chavane(adaptation)
    • Jean Redon(adaptation)
  • Stars
    • Jeanne Moreau
    • Gérard Oury
    • Philippe Nicaud
  • Director
    • Édouard Molinaro
  • Writers
    • Frédéric Dard(novel "Délivrez-nous du mal")
    • François Chavane(adaptation)
    • Jean Redon(adaptation)
  • Stars
    • Jeanne Moreau
    • Gérard Oury
    • Philippe Nicaud
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    • 2User reviews
    • 9Critic reviews
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    Jeanne Moreau
    Jeanne Moreau
    • Gloria Decrey
    Gérard Oury
    Gérard Oury
    • Jacques Decrey
    Philippe Nicaud
    • Yves Normand
    Claire Maurier
    • Ghislaine
    Gérard Buhr
    Gérard Buhr
    • Mario
    George Cusin
    • Le commissaire de police
    Robert Bazil
    • Un inspecteur de police
    Jean Degrave
    • Le bijoutier
    Richard Francoeur
    • Un invité des Decrey
    Françoise Honorat
    • Un invité des Decrey
    Joëlle Janin
    • Une secrétaire
    Robert Le Béal
    • Me Lombard, l'avocat
    Marguerite Lorne
    Micheline Luccioni
    Micheline Luccioni
    • La postière
    Jacques Mancier
    Suzanne Martichoux
    Pascal Mazzotti
    Pascal Mazzotti
    • Jérôme
    Jacqueline Noëlle
    • L'entraîneuse
    • Director
      • Édouard Molinaro
    • Writers
      • Frédéric Dard(novel "Délivrez-nous du mal") (adaptation) (dialogue)
      • François Chavane(adaptation)
      • Jean Redon(adaptation)
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    • Trivia
      Michèle Morgan was first considered but she stepped out not willing to play alongside Gérard Oury, she lived with in secret at the time.
    • Connections
      Referenced in World by Night (1960)

    User reviews2

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    Something's lacking here.
    Released at the same time as "ascenseur pour l'échafaud" ,both featuring the same actress (Jeanne Moreau),but unlike Louis Malle's work,not labelled "nouvelle vague" "le dos au mur" has enough assets to catch the viewer's attention:outside Moreau,a screenplay adapted from a Frederic Dard 's Novel,with an action packed ending,and the desperate mood we find in every Dard-inspired film noir :such Moreau lines as "I could not live without him anymore,but I could not stand life without him "is the hero's only solace before his fate is sealed.

    Gerard Oury who would direct such French blockbusters as "le corniaud" (1964) and "la grande vadrouille" (1966) is not much of an actor and his part should have been given to Robert Hossein,the par excellence Dard actor.Besides ,the screenplay which uses the long flashback one more time(one too many) laboriously progresses in the first half,with a much too slow pace.Worth a try all the same.
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    • dbdumonteil
    • Dec 23, 2002

    Details

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    • Release date
      • March 7, 1958 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • France
    • Language
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Mit dem Rücken zur Wand
    • Filming locations
      • Région parisienne, France
    • Production company
      • Société Nouvelle des Établissements Gaumont (SNEG)
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    • Budget
      • FRF 80,000,000 (estimated)
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 33 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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