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.[1] [2] 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 Henri 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.

The Last Turning
Directed byPierre Chenal
Written bySabine Berritz
Charles Spaak
Henri Torrès
Based onThe Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain
Produced byCharles Smadja
StarringFernand Gravey
Corinne Luchaire
Michel Simon
CinematographyChristian Matras
Claude Renoir
Edited byBorys Lewin
Music byJean Wiener
Production
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Gladiator Productions
Distributed byLux Compagnie Cinématographique de France
Release date
  • 17 May 1939 (1939-05-17)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

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References

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  1. ^ "Le Dernier Tournant de Pierre Chenal (1939) - Unifrance".
  2. ^ Walker-Morrison p.96

Bibliography

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  • Hodgson, Michael. Patricia Roc. Author House, 2013.
  • Walker-Morrison, Deborah. Classic French Noir: Gender and the Cinema of Fatal Desire. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020.
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