Le Journal tombe à cinq heures (1942)

Le Journal tombe à cinq heures is a French film first released in 1942, directed by Georges Lacombe.  The film stars Pierre Fresnay, Marie Déa, Pierre Renoir, Gabrielle Dorziat and Pierre Larquey.  Our overall rating for this film is: good.


Having neither money nor family, Hélène Perrin is grateful when she receives a job offer from François Marchal, the proprietor of la dernière heure, a well-known newspaper.  With help from Pierre Rabaud, a journalist, she embarks on her first assignment, which concerns a tragic accident at an aviation meeting at Saint-Germain.  Hélène’s professionalism is greatly appreciated by her employer and she is rewarded with an exclusive job involving Claudette Louvois, a famous Hollywood star who is spending some time in France incognito.  Hélène soon realises that Claudette is a generous and kind person and becomes unwilling to betray her confidence.  Instead, she opts for a very different kind of assignment, on a lightship in the North Sea...
© Willems Henri (Brussels, Belgium)

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