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Crossroads (1939)
A wealthy industrialist, Roger de Vetheuil, married, feels assured of aging in peace. Then appears a blackmailer who accuses him of being a usurper, actually called Jean Pelletier, a mobster well known to police. Vetheuil, judging himself slandered, refuses to listen to his tormentor and goes to the police. The man speaks. The scandal is public soon ...
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A wealthy industrialist, Roger de Vetheuil, married, feels assured of aging in peace. Then appears a blackmailer who accuses him of being a usurper, actually called Jean Pelletier, a mobster well known to police. Vetheuil, judging himself slandered, refuses to listen to his tormentor and goes to the police. The man speaks. The scandal is public soon ...
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Genre:Drama
Written By:André-Paul Antoine, Curtis Bernhardt, John H. Kafka, Lilo Dammert, Robert Liebmann
In Theaters:3/13/1939
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Runtime:69 minutes
Studio:B.U.P. Française
Cast
Curtis Bernhardt
Director
Charles Vanel
Roger de Vétheuil
Jules Berry
Lucien Sarrow
Suzy Prim
Michèle Allain
Tania Fédor
Anna de Vétheuil
Marcelle Géniat
Mrs. Pelletier
Jean Claudio
Paul de Vétheuil
Annie France
Barmaid
Pierre Palau
Leduc, first blackmailer
Marcel Melrac
Gendarme
Paul Amiot
President
Christian Argentin
Anwalt, lawyer
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