Crossroads
Directed by	Curtis Bernhardt
Written by	André-Paul Antoine Curtis Bernhardt Lilo Dammert John H. Kafka Robert Liebmann
Produced by	Eugène Tucherer
Starring	Charles Vanel Jules Berry Suzy Prim
Cinematography	Léonce-Henri Burel Georges Régnier Henri Tiquet
Edited by	Adolf Lantz
Music by	Paul Dessau
Production company	B.U.P. Française
Distributed by	Les Films de Koster
Release date	9 September 1938
Running time	84 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

Crossroads (French: Carrefour) is a 1938 French mystery drama film directed by Curtis Bernhardt and starring Charles Vanel, Jules Berry and Suzy Prim. It inspired two English-language remakes, the 1940 British film Dead Man's Shoes and Hollywood's Crossroads in 1942.^[1] It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris and on location in the city. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jean d'Eaubonne and Raymond Gabutti.

Synopsis

A wealthy industrialist is accused in court of being in reality a petty criminal who deserted from the French Army twenty years before during the First World War.

Cast

• Charles Vanel as Roger de Vétheuil
• Jules Berry as Lucien Sarroux
• Suzy Prim as Michèle Allain
• Tania Fédor as Anna de Vétheuil
• Marcelle Géniat as Mme. Pelletier
• Jean Claudio as Paul de Vétheuil
• Annie France as L'entraîneuse
• Pierre Palau as Leduc - le 1er maître-chanteur
• Marcel Melrac as Un gendarme
• Paul Amiot as Le président
• Christian Argentin as Anwalt, l'avocat
• Eddy Debray as Un accusé
• Jean Tissier as L'employé de l'agence de voyage
• Auguste Bovério as Pierre
• Marcel Duhamel as Le domestique
• Gustave Gallet as Le chirurgien
• Denise Kerny as La caissière
• Liliane Lesaffre as La concierge
• Albert Malbert as Le concierge
• Marcel Pérès as Le préposé au tribunal
• Robert Rollis as Un élève
• Otto Wallburg as Le médecin allemand

References

Bibliography

• Ruth Barton. Hedy Lamarr: The Most Beautiful Woman in Film. University Press of Kentucky, 2010.

External links

• Crossroads at IMDb