Crossroads (1938 film)

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Crossroads
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Directed by Curtis Bernhardt
Written by
Produced by Eugène Tucherer
Starring
Cinematography
Edited by Adolf Lantz
Music by Paul Dessau
Production
company
B.U.P. Française
Distributed byLes Films de Koster
Release date
9 September 1938
Running time
84 minutes
CountryFrance
Language French

Crossroads (French: Carrefour) is a 1938 French mystery drama film directed by Curtis Bernhardt and starring Charles Vanel, Jules Berry and Suzy Prim. It inspired two English-language remakes, the 1940 British film Dead Man's Shoes and Hollywood's Crossroads in 1942. [1] It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris and on location in the city. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jean d'Eaubonne and Raymond Gabutti.

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Synopsis

A wealthy industrialist is accused in court of being in reality a petty criminal who deserted from the French Army twenty years before during the First World War.

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References

  1. Barton p.128

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