This started as a Georges Simenon story, and is typically brutal about human relationships. I like it so because of the performances of Gabin & Signoret - they were as good as you can get, and here are at the top of their powers. Either of them would have blown anybody else I can think of off the screen. Excellent, if very French.
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Casque d'Or
(1952)
fan letter for Simone Signoret
12 September 1999
This is the movie in which you can see why Simone Signoret was a movie star - she is simply dazzeling. That she later turned out to also be a extremely skillful actress is so much gravy; in this film all she has to do is stand there. For atmosphere it is similar to L'Atlante. Signoret also wrote a delightful autobiography: 'Nostalgia ain't what it used to be'!
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