The Last Turning

The Last Turning (French: Le Dernier tournant) is a 1939 French film noir directed by Pierre Chenal and starring Fernand Gravey, Corinne Luchaire and Michel Simon. It was shot at the Joinville Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Georges Wakhévitch. The screenplay was written by Charles Spaak and Henri Torrès, based on the 1934 novel The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain. It was the first screen adaptation of the novel followed by the 1943 film Ossessione and The Postman Always Rings Twice in 1946.

Cast

 * Fernand Gravey as Frank
 * Michel Simon as Nick Marino
 * Corinne Luchaire as Cora Marino
 * Marcel Vallée as Le juge
 * Robert Le Vigan as Le cousin maître-chanteur
 * Etienne Decroux as Le patron du bistrot
 * Florence Marly as Madge, la dompteuse
 * Jean-François Martial as 	L'architecte
 * Pierre Labry as 	Un camionneur
 * Georges Péclet as 	L'assureur
 * Auguste Bovério as 	Le prêtre
 * Pierre Sergeol as 	L'avocat
 * René Bergeron as 	Le commissaire
 * Marcel Duhamel as 	Le monsieur pressé
 * Charles Blavette as 	Un camionneur
 * Serge Nadaud as 	Le motard
 * Georges Douking as 	Un joueur
 * Fred Pasquali as 	Un joueur
 * Georges Paulais as 	Le greffier
 * Yvonne Yma as La femme