Until the Last One

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Until the Last One (French: Jusqu'au dernier, Italian: Fino all'ultimo) is a 1957 French-Italian thriller film directed by Pierre Billon and starring Raymond Pellegrin, Jeanne Moreau and Paul Meurisse.^[1] It was shot at the Photosonor Studios in Paris and on location around the River Somme. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jean d'Eaubonne. A film noir, it attracted around a million and a quarter spectators at the French box office.^[2]

Synopsis

Criminal Fernand Bastia rats on the rest of his gang, betraying them to the police and escaping with the proceeds of the heist. He goes to hide out with a travelling circus where his sister works, but is traced by his former associates.

Cast

• Raymond Pellegrin as Fernand Bastia
• Jeanne Moreau as Gina
• Paul Meurisse as Fredo Ricioni - le chef de la bande
• Max Révol as Cinquo - le propriétaire du cirque
• Jacqueline Noëlle as Angèle Lombardi
• Jacques Dufilho as Pépé
• Orane Demazis as La mère de Quedchi
• Rita Cadillac as La strip-teaseuse du cirque
• Michèle David as La fille et partenaire de Dario
• Charles Bouillaud as Un gendarme
• Olivier Richard as Le petit garçon au chien
• Mijanou Bardot as Josiane - l'écuyère
• Lila Kedrova as Marcella Bastia
• Howard Vernon as Philippe Dario - le trapéziste
• Marcel Mouloudji as Le forain Quedchi

References

Bibliography

• Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
• Walker-Morrison, Deborah. Classic French Noir: Gender and the Cinema of Fatal Desire. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020.

External links

• Until the Last One at IMDb