Facing El Chapo
2026 · Crime · Action
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Film / 1949
Last Hour, Special Edition
Directed by
Maurice de Canonge
A journalist who deals with the column "courier du cœur" has the absurd idea of launching an investigation into the death of a pianist whom he claims to have been murdered. To dazzle his wife, a reporter for the newspaper, he disguises the facts in such a way that the police suspect him, then declare him guilty. It takes a number of adventures to get him out of this mess and get him back into …
The story
A journalist who deals with the column "courier du cœur" has the absurd idea of launching an investigation into the death of a pianist whom he claims to have been murdered. To dazzle his wife, a reporter for the newspaper, he disguises the facts in such a way that the police suspect him, then declare him guilty. It takes a number of adventures to get him out of this mess and get him back into his section.
Cast
Paul MeurisseDominique Coche
Odette JoyeuxAndrée Coche
Pierre DacJoseph François Berty
Marguerite PierryCarine
Albert DinanInspector Perrier
Jany VallièresLisette Granval
Jean MartinelliLawyer
Jean CarmetNestor
Fernand FabreEmmanuel Costa
Louis FlorencieGaston Clapet
Gregori ChmaraWitness
Léo LaparaAlex Grive
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Luce FeyrerJanine
Charles Mantelet
Robert Noël
Lucien PascalAttorney General
Georges Desmoulins
Jean Morel
Pamela WildeBetty
MaximilienneMademoiselle Thomasson
Raoul MarcoPresident
Jean PignolJules
Louise Andrès(uncredited)
Rivers Cadet(uncredited)
Christine Covil(uncredited)
Maurice de Canonge(uncredited)
Guy Derlan(uncredited)
Michel GalabruMr. Mercier, hotel receptionist (uncredited)
Hennery(uncredited)
Gabrielle Rosny(uncredited)
Raymond Soukoff(uncredited)
Constance Thierry(uncredited)
TitysWriting Expert (uncredited)
Roger Vincent(uncredited)
René WormsProfessor Belleville (uncredited)
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