Death No Longer Awaits

Death No Longer Awaits
Directed by	Jean Tarride
Written by	René Jolivet Roger Vitrac
Produced by	Jacques Sicre
Starring	Jules Berry Jacqueline Gauthier Gérard Landry
Cinematography	Fred Langenfeld
Edited by	Henri Taverna
Music by	André Theurer
Production company	Société Cinématographique Méditerranéenne de Production
Distributed by	Union Française de Production Cinématographique
Release date	7 July 1944 (1944-07-07)
Running time	100 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

Death No Longer Awaits (French: Le mort ne reçoit plus) is a 1944 French crime film directed by Jean Tarride and starring Jules Berry, Jacqueline Gauthier and Gérard Landry.[1][2][3] It was shot at the Saint-Laurent-du-Var Studios and Victorine Studios in Nice. The film's sets were designed by the art director Georges Wakhévitch.

Synopsis

The relatives of Jérôme Armandy gather at his château in Provence to hear the reading of his will, with the prospect of an inheritance of seventeen million francs hidden away on the property. Several unexpected events occur to the guests including a murder and the dramatic reappearance of the supposedly dead Jérôme.

Cast

• Jules Berry as Jérôme Armandy
• Jacqueline Gauthier as Jeanne Dumont
• Gérard Landry as Claude Desbordes
• Jacques Louvigny as Firmin
• Thérèse Dorny as Mademoiselle Verdelier
• Félix Oudart as Alexandre
• Madeleine Suffel as Madame Marchal
• Jacques Tarride as Le juge Armandy
• Georges Lannes as Le procureur
• Raymond Aimos as Raymond le raccourci
• Janine Merrey as Mme Bonnemain
• Simone Signoret as La maîtresse de Firmin

References

1. "Le Mort ne reçoit plus de Jean Tarride (1943)". Unifrance. Retrieved 2024-04-08.
2. Rège p.540
3. Hayward p.241

Bibliography

• Hayward, Susan. Simone Signoret: The Star as Cultural Sign. Continuum, 2004.
• Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

External links

• Death No Longer Awaits at IMDb