Le Dernier sou (1946)

Le Dernier sou is a French film first released in 1946, directed by André Cayatte.  The film stars Jacques Berlioz, Fernand Charpin, Guy Decomble, Gabrielle Fontan and Annie France.  It has also been released under the title: The Last Penny.  Our overall rating for this film is: mediocre.


Pierre Durban, a journalist on a Parisian newspaper, needs some money so that he can marry his girlfriend Jacqueline Dejouvre and start a family.  A small ad leads him to the Stefani Agency, whose manager offers him work.  But there is a snag.  Pierre must put up a sum of money before he can start.   As it happens, Stefani’s secretary is Marcelle Levasseur, a girl Pierre knew as a child.  She suggests that his mother should help him out with her savings.  She also tries to dissuade Pierre because she knows that Stefani is a swindler.  When Stefani learns that Marcelle has betrayed him, he decides to enact a cruel revenge...
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