Underplayed Gems

The Trump Card (1942)

The Trump Card poster
Original title
Dernier atout
Directed by
Jacques Becker
Genre
crime film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 45m
Rating
4.7 of 10 from 13 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A French crime film set in South America where a criminal case unfolds. The story involves a police investigation and the characters caught in the intrigue.

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What happens

The Trump Card (French: Dernier atout) is a 1942 French crime film directed by Jacques Becker and starring Mireille Balin, Raymond Rouleau and Pierre Renoir. The film marked Becker's full debut as a director, although he had briefly worked on Cristobal's Gold in 1940. It was filmed partly on the French Riviera, which stood in for South America. Interiors were filmed at the Victorine Studios and at Pathé's studio in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Max Douy. During production Becker used the pretext of filming to liaise between French Resistance groups in Paris and the South. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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