Their Last Night

{{short description|1953 film}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Their Last Night

| image = File:Their Last Night 1953 film.jpg

| caption =

| director = Georges Lacombe

| producer = Édouard Harispuru

| writer = Jacques Celhay
Jacques Constant
Georges Lacombe

| starring = Jean Gabin
Madeleine Robinson
Robert Dalban

| music = Francis Lopez

| cinematography = Philippe Agostini

| editing = Raymond Leboursier

| studio = Compagnie Commerciale Française Cinématographique

| distributor = Columbia Films

| released = {{Film date|1953|10|23|df=yes}}

| runtime = 95 minutes

| country = France

| language = French

| budget =

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Their Last Night (French: Leur dernière nuit) is a 1953 French crime drama film directed by Georges Lacombe and starring Jean Gabin, Madeleine Robinson and Robert Dalban.Harriss p.196 It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris and on location around the city. The film's sets were designed by the art director Léon Barsacq.

Synopsis

Madeleine, a young teacher from the provinces, arrives in Paris and encounters Pierre Ruffin a seemingly respectable librarian who lives at the same lodging as her in Montmartre. However he comes in one night wounded by a bullet and admits to her that he leads a double life as a gangster. After killing one of his accomplices who has betrayed him, the police net closes in on him. He returns to spend one final night of love with Madeleine before fleeing to Belgium, but he is tracked down by the law.

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Bibliography

  • Harriss, Joseph. Jean Gabin: The Actor Who Was France. McFarland, 2018.