Crossroads (1938 film)

Crossroads
Directed by	Curtis Bernhardt
Written by	André-Paul Antoine Curtis Bernhardt Lilo Dammert John H. Kafka Robert Liebmann
Produced by	Eugène Tucherer
Starring	Charles Vanel Jules Berry Suzy Prim
Cinematography	Léonce-Henri Burel Georges Régnier Henri Tiquet
Edited by	Adolf Lantz
Music by	Paul Dessau
Production company	B.U.P. Française
Distributed by	Les Films de Koster
Release date	9 September 1938 (1938-09-09)
Running time	84 minutes
Country	France
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. 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.

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.

Cast

• Charles Vanel as Roger de Vétheuil
• Jules Berry as Lucien Sarroux
• Suzy Prim as Michèle Allain
• Tania Fédor as Anna de Vétheuil
• Marcelle Géniat as Mme. Pelletier
• Jean Claudio as Paul de Vétheuil
• Annie France as L'entraîneuse
• Pierre Palau as Leduc - le 1er maître-chanteur
• Marcel Melrac as Un gendarme
• Paul Amiot as Le président
• Christian Argentin as Anwalt, l'avocat
• Eddy Debray as Un accusé
• Jean Tissier as L'employé de l'agence de voyage
• Auguste Bovério as Pierre
• Marcel Duhamel as Le domestique
• Gustave Gallet as Le chirurgien
• Denise Kerny as La caissière
• Liliane Lesaffre as La concierge
• Albert Malbert as Le concierge
• Marcel Pérès as Le préposé au tribunal
• Robert Rollis as Un élève
• Otto Wallburg as Le médecin allemand

Bibliography

• Ruth Barton. Hedy Lamarr: The Most Beautiful Woman in Film. University Press of Kentucky, 2010.

External links

• Crossroads at IMDb