Until the Last One

Until the Last One (French: Jusqu'au dernier, Italian: Fino all'ultimo) is a 1957 French-Italian thriller film directed by Pierre Billon and starring Raymond Pellegrin, Jeanne Moreau and Paul Meurisse.Goble p.141 It was shot at the Photosonor Studios in Paris and on location around the River Somme. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jean d'Eaubonne. A film noir, it attracted around a million and a quarter spectators at the French box office.Walker-Morrison p.225

Synopsis Criminal Fernand Bastia rats on the rest of his gang, betraying them to the police and escaping with the proceeds of the heist. He goes to hide out with a travelling circus where his sister works, but is traced by his former associates.

Cast Raymond Pellegrin as Fernand Bastia Jeanne Moreau as Gina Paul Meurisse as Fredo Ricioni - le chef de la bande Max Révol as Cinquo - le propriétaire du cirque Jacqueline Noëlle as Angèle Lombardi Jacques Dufilho as Pépé Orane Demazis as La mère de Quedchi Rita Cadillac as La strip-teaseuse du cirque Michèle David as La fille et partenaire de Dario Charles Bouillaud as Un gendarme Olivier Richard as Le petit garçon au chien Mijanou Bardot as Josiane - l'écuyère Lila Kedrova as Marcella Bastia Howard Vernon as Philippe Dario - le trapéziste Marcel Mouloudji as Le forain Quedchi

References

Bibliography Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. Walker-Morrison, Deborah. Classic French Noir: Gender and the Cinema of Fatal Desire. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020.

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