---
title: 'The Last Turning (1939)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Pierre Chenal'
released: '1939-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 90
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'France'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-last-turning-1939'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031222/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Last Turning (1939)

1939 · 90 min · Drama · France

Original title: Le Dernier Tournant

## Synopsis

The Last Turning is a 1939 French film noir directed by Pierre Chenal and starring Fernand Gravey, Corinne Luchaire and Michel Simon. It was shot at the Joinville Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Georges Wakhévitch. The screenplay was written by Charles Spaak and Henry Torrès, based on the 1934 novel The Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. Cain. It was the first screen adaptation of the novel followed by the 1943 film Ossessione and The Postman Always Rings Twice in 1946.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Pierre Chenal](https://cinepixo.com/people/pierre-chenal)
- **Screenplay:** [Charles Spaak](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-spaak)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Jean Wiener](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-wiener)
- **Director of Photography:** [Christian Matras](https://cinepixo.com/people/christian-matras), [Claude Renoir](https://cinepixo.com/people/claude-renoir)

## Cast

- [Auguste Boverio](https://cinepixo.com/people/auguste-boverio)
- [Georges Paulais](https://cinepixo.com/people/georges-paulais)
- [Florence Marly](https://cinepixo.com/people/florence-marly)
- [Corinne Luchaire](https://cinepixo.com/people/corinne-luchaire)
- [Marcel Vallée](https://cinepixo.com/people/marcel-vallee)
- [Georges Péclet](https://cinepixo.com/people/georges-peclet)
- [Étienne Decroux](https://cinepixo.com/people/etienne-decroux)
- [Alfred Pasquali](https://cinepixo.com/people/alfred-pasquali)
- [Robert Le Vigan](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-le-vigan)
- [Fernand Gravey](https://cinepixo.com/people/fernand-gravey)
- [Pierre Labry](https://cinepixo.com/people/pierre-labry)
- [Georges Douking](https://cinepixo.com/people/georges-douking)
- [Franck Maurice](https://cinepixo.com/people/franck-maurice)
- [Serge Nadaud](https://cinepixo.com/people/serge-nadaud)
- [Michel Simon](https://cinepixo.com/people/michel-simon)

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