The Last of the Six (French: Le dernier des six) is a 1941 French mystery thriller film directed by Georges Lacombe and starring Pierre Fresnay, Michèle Alfa and Suzy Delair.[1][2] It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Andrej Andrejew. It is based on the 1931 novel The Six Dead Men by the Belgian writer Stanislas-André Steeman.[3]

The Last of the Six
Directed byGeorges Lacombe
Written byHenri-Georges Clouzot
Based onThe Six Dead Men by Stanislas-André Steeman
Produced byAlfred Greven
Max Winkler
StarringPierre Fresnay
Michèle Alfa
Suzy Delair
CinematographyRobert Lefebvre
Music byJean Alfaro
Production
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Distributed byACE
Release date
  • 16 September 1941 (1941-09-16)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench

The film was made in Occupied France by the German-backed Continental Films, with the screenplay by Henri-Georges Clouzot who headed the company's scenario department. It was followed by a sequel in 1942 The Murderer Lives at Number 21 directed by Clouzot, with Fresnay and Delair reprising their roles.

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References

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  1. ^ Mayne p.15
  2. ^ Hayward p.115
  3. ^ Goble p.440

Bibliography

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  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
  • Hayward, Susan. Les Diaboliques (Henri-Georges Clouzot, 1955). University of Illinois Press, 2005.
  • Mayne, Judith. Le Corbeau: (Henri-Georges Clouzot, 1943). University of Illinois Press, 2007.
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