The Last Turning (1939)

Original title

Le Dernier Tournant

Directed by

Pierre Chenal

Genre

drama film, film noir

Country

France

Runtime

1h 30m

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 16 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A drifter gets involved with a married woman at a roadside diner in rural France. Their affair leads to a scheme that sets off a chain of tragic events.

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What happens

The Last Turning (French: Le Dernier tournant) is a 1939 French film noir directed by Pierre Chenal and starring Fernand Gravey, Corinne Luchaire and Michel Simon. It was shot at the Joinville Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Georges Wakhévitch. The screenplay was written by Charles Spaak and Henry Torrès, based on the 1934 novel The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain. It was the first screen adaptation of the novel followed by the 1943 film Ossessione and The Postman Always Rings Twice in 1946. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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