The Eleventh Hour Guest (French: L'invité de la onzième heure) is a 1945 French mystery film directed by Maurice Cloche and starring Jean Tissier, Blanchette Brunoy and Roger Pigaut.[1] It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Maurice Colasson and Georges Wakhévitch.
| The Eleventh Hour Guest | |
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| Directed by | Maurice Cloche |
| Written by | Maurice Cloche Jean Ferry Nino Frank |
| Produced by | François Chavane |
| Starring | Jean Tissier Blanchette Brunoy Roger Pigaut |
| Cinematography | Marcel Grignon |
| Edited by | Raymond Lamy |
| Music by | Georges Van Parys |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Éclair-Journal |
Release date |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
Synopsis
editAn inventor claims to have invented an incredible new machine which acts as a thought detector amongst other things. On the evening he unveils it to his family and intended wife, tragedy strikes and he is found dead.
Cast
edit- Jean Tissier as Christophe Berri
- Roger Pigaut as Le docteur Rémi Lambert
- Blanchette Brunoy as Antoinette Langeais
- Junie Astor as Isabelle Bourgoin
- Lily Baron as Olga
- Guillaume de Sax as Thomas Bourgoin
- Marcel Delaître as Monsieur Sulnac
- André Fouché as Serge
- René Génin as Calixte
- Jean Hébey as Frédéric
- Lily Mounet as Madame Sulnac
- Georgette Tissier as La soubrette
References
edit- ^ Rège p.229
Bibliography
edit- Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
External links
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