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Back to the Wall (film)

Back to the Wall (French: Le dos au mur) is a 1958 French crime drama film directed by Édouard Molinaro and starring Jeanne Moreau, Gérard Oury and Philippe Nicaud. It was shot at the Saint-Maurice Studios in Paris and on location around the city. The film's sets were designed by the art director Georges Lévy.

Synopsis

Jacques Decrey, a wealthy industrialist, discords that his wife Gloria is having an affair with a younger man. He begins to send her blackmail letters, pretending that they are written by her lover Yves. Confronting him, she attempts suicide. While disarming her he is accidentally killed.

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Bibliography

  • Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: 1956-1960. Pygmalion, 1986.
  • Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

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