Checkmate (French: Échec et mat) is a 1931 French mystery crime film directed by Roger Goupillières and starring Dolly Davis, Jean Marchat and Jean-Pierre Aumont.Crisp p.391Bessy & Chirat p.131 It was shot at the Joinville Studios of Pathé-Natan in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Lucien Aguettand.
Synopsis Claude Darblet plans a joke with two of his friends. One of them will pretend to be murdered, with the evidence all pointing at Claude before the prank is revealed. Things then take a dramatic turn when he really turns up dead.
Cast Dolly Davis as Aline Rouvray Ginette d'Yd as Simone Jean Marchat as Claude Darblet Jean-Pierre Aumont as Jacques Rolla Norman as Monsieur Sylvestre Adrien Lamy as Lagoupille Daniel Lecourtois as Robert Manoy Fernand Mailly as Le commissaire Georges Paulais as Le juge Robert Tourneur as L'avocat
References
Bibliography Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: 1929-1934. Pygmalion, 1988. Crisp, Colin. Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939. Indiana University Press, 2002. Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
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