Summary
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...
© Willems Henri (Brussels, Belgium)
© Willems Henri (Brussels, Belgium)
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Credits
- Director: André Cayatte
- Script: André Cayatte, Louis Chavance
- Photo: Charles Bauer
- Music: Jacques Dupont
- Cast: Jacques Berlioz (Le président du tribunal), Fernand Charpin (Colon), Guy Decomble, Gabrielle Fontan (Mme. Durban), Annie France (Jacqueline), René Génin (Perrin), Gilbert Gil (Pierre Durban), Ginette Leclerc (Marcelle Levasseur), Noël Roquevert (Stéfani)
- Country: France
- Language: French
- Runtime: 90 min; B&W
- Aka: The Last Penny; La Merveille blanche
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