Crossroads (1938 film) explained

Crossroads
Director:Curtis Bernhardt
Producer:Eugène Tucherer
Editing:Adolf Lantz
Studio:B.U.P. Française
Distributor:Les Films de Koster
Runtime:84 minutes
Country:France

Crossroads (French: Carrefour) 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.[1] 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.

Synopsis

A wealthy industrialist is accused in court of being in reality a petty criminal who deserted from the French Army twenty years before during the First World War.

Cast

References

  1. Barton p.128

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