Checkmate (1931 French film)

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Checkmate
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Directed by Roger Goupillières
Starring Dolly Davis
Jean Marchat
Jean-Pierre Aumont
Cinematography Fédote Bourgasoff
Music by Ralph Erwin
Production
company
Distributed byPathé-Natan
Release date
  • 21 August 1931 (1931-08-21)
Running time
75 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

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. [1] [2] It was shot at the Joinville Studios of Pathé-Natan in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Lucien Aguettand.

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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.

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  1. Crisp p.391
  2. Bessy & Chirat p.131

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