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Checkmate (1931 French film)

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Checkmate
Directed byRoger Goupillières
StarringDolly Davis
Jean Marchat
Jean-Pierre Aumont
CinematographyFédote Bourgasoff
Music byRalph Erwin
Production
company
Distributed byPathé-Natan
Release date
  • 21 August 1931 (1931-08-21)
Running time
75 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

Checkmate (French: Échec et mat) is a 1931 French mystery crime film directed by Roger Goupillières and starring Dolly Davis, Jean Marchat and Jean-Pierre Aumont.[1][2] It was shot at the Joinville Studios of Pathé-Natan in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Lucien Aguettand.

Synopsis

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Claude Darblet plans a joke with two of his friends. One of them will pretend to be murdered, with the evidence all pointing at Claude before the prank is revealed. Things then take a dramatic turn when he really turns up dead.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Crisp p.391
  2. ^ Bessy & Chirat p.131

Bibliography

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  • Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: 1929-1934. Pygmalion, 1988.
  • Crisp, Colin. Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939. Indiana University Press, 2002.
  • Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
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