Sunday, November 17, 2024

Le dos au mur AKA Back to the wall (1958) - lesser known French crime movie directed by Édouard Molinaro, starring Jeanne Moreau, Gérard Oury and Philippe Nicaud

Rating 7.2/10
Runtime: 94 min
Language: French
Country: France
Directed by: Édouard Molinaro
IMDb Link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052753/

Cast

Jeanne Moreau ... Gloria Decrey
Gérard Oury ... Jacques Decrey
Philippe Nicaud ... Yves Normand
Claire Maurier ... Ghislaine
Gérard Buhr ... Mario
George Cusin ... Le commissaire de police
Robert Bazil ... Un inspecteur de police
Jean Degrave ... Le bijoutier
Richard Francoeur ... Un invité des Decrey

Description: Out of the blue, after years of marriage, the affluent industrialist, Jacques Decrey, finds out that his beloved wife, Gloria, is cheating on him with the unemployed young actor, Yves Normand. Under those circumstances, betrayed and humiliated, the wronged husband concocts an elaborate scheme, designed to punish the brazen clandestine lovers. Now, under the guise of an unknown blackmailer, Jacques demands increasingly large amounts of money to keep "his" mouth shut; however, his is a dangerous game with unforeseeable consequences. Will the truth set free those who have their backs to the wall?

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Download link (torrent file):

https://workupload.com/file/GbcyCRwQPE9


Video and audio information:

Video : 2.57 GB, 3894 Kbps, 24 fps, 790x576 (1.37:1), V_MPEG4/ISO/AVC x264 core 157
Audio : 78 MB, 116 Kbps, 48000 Hz, 2 channels, 0x55 = AAC, CBR


Subtitles (English and French closed captions embedded in a movie, to play them choose Subtitle=>Sub Track in VLC Player and separate English, Spanish, French, Portuguese-Brazilian, German, Italian, Greek, Hungarian, Czech) posters and screenshots included