Crossroads (1938)
Carrefour
A wealthy industrialist, Roger de Vetheuil, married, feels assured of aging in peace. Then appears a blackmailer who accuses him of being a usurper, actually called Jean Pelletier, a mobster well known to police. Vetheuil, judging himself slandered, refuses to listen to his tormentor and goes to the police. The man speaks. The scandal is public soon ...
- Date of release
- 1938-09-09
- TMDB
- 5.8 / 10 (10)
- Runtime
- 1h 9m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Curtis Bernhardt
Casting
- Charles Vanel — Roger de Vétheuil
- Jules Berry — Lucien Sarrow
- Suzy Prim — Michèle Allain
- Tania Fédor — Anna de Vétheuil
- Marcelle Géniat — Mrs. Pelletier
- Jean Claudio — Paul de Vétheuil
- Annie France — Barmaid
- Pierre Palau — Leduc, first blackmailer
- Marcel Melrac — Gendarme
- Paul Amiot — President
- Christian Argentin — Anwalt, lawyer
- Eddy Debray — An accused
Interesting facts
Crossroads is a 1938 French mystery drama film directed by Curtis Bernhardt and starring Charles Vanel, Jules Berry and Suzy Prim. It inspired two English-language remakes, the 1940 British film Dead Man's Shoes and Hollywood's Crossroads in 1942. It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris and on location in the city. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jean d'Eaubonne and Raymond Gabutti.
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