Until the Last One

Until the Last One
Directed by	Pierre Billon
Written by	Pierre Billon Michel Audiard
Based on	Until the Last One by André Duquesne
Produced by	Edmond Ténoudji
Starring	Raymond Pellegrin Jeanne Moreau Paul Meurisse
Cinematography	Pierre Petit
Edited by	Georges Arnstam
Music by	Georges Van Parys
Production companies	Laetitia Film Les Films Marceau
Distributed by	Les Films Marceau
Release date	20 March 1957 (1957-03-20)
Running time	90 minutes
Countries	France Italy
Language	French

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

1. Goble p.141
2. Walker-Morrison p.225

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