The Last Penny (1946)
Le Dernier Sou
Pierre risks being taken advantage of by an agency that sets up financial scams, he escapes thanks to Marcelle, the secretary of the director of the agency, who is a childhood friend. She does her best to keep the young man away from the scams of his boss. However, the director, in love with Marcelle and jealous of Pierre, succeeds in trapping and ruining him. Marcelle will then denounce him to the police, but before being arrested he will kill her.
- Date of release
- 1946-01-23
- TMDB
- 6.8 / 10 (4)
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy
- Director
- André Cayatte
Casting
- Noël Roquevert — Stéfani
- Gilbert Gil — Pierre Durban
- Ginette Leclerc — Marcelle Levasseur
- Fernand Charpin — Colon
- Guy Decomble — Richard
- Gabrielle Fontan — Mme Durban
- Annie France — Jacqueline
- René Génin — Perrin
- Franck Maurice — Un homme de main de Stéfani
- Jacques Berlioz — Le président du tribunal
- Paul Faivre — M. Sauvel
- Zélie Yzelle
Interesting facts
The Last Penny is a 1946 French drama film directed by André Cayatte and starring Ginette Leclerc, Gilbert Gil and Fernand Charpin. It was one of three films Leclerc appeared in for the collaborationist Continental Films, which she believed led to her arrest by the authorities following the Liberation. Although it was made during the Second World War the film was not released until March 1946.
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