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Death No Longer Awaits

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Death No Longer Awaits
Directed byJean Tarride
Written byRené Jolivet
Roger Vitrac
Produced byJacques Sicre
StarringJules Berry
Jacqueline Gauthier
Gérard Landry
CinematographyFred Langenfeld
Edited byHenri Taverna
Music byAndré Theurer
Production
company
Société Cinématographique Méditerranéenne de Production
Distributed byUnion Française de Production Cinématographique
Release date
  • 7 July 1944 (1944-07-07)
Running time
100 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

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

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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

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References

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

Bibliography

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