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1953 film

Their Last Night
Directed by Georges Lacombe
Written by Jacques Celhay Jacques Constant Georges Lacombe
Produced by Édouard Harispuru
Starring Jean Gabin Madeleine Robinson Robert Dalban
Cinematography Philippe Agostini
Edited by Raymond Leboursier
Music by Francis Lopez
Productioncompany Compagnie Commerciale Française Cinématographique
Distributed by Columbia Films
Release date 23 October 1953 (1953-10-23)
Running time 95 minutes
Country France
Language French

Their Last Night (French: Leur dernière nuit) is a 1953 French crime drama film directed by Georges Lacombe and starring Jean Gabin, Madeleine Robinson and Robert Dalban.[1] It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris and on location around the city. The film's sets were designed by the art director Léon Barsacq.

Madeleine, a young teacher from the provinces, arrives in Paris and encounters Pierre Ruffin a seemingly respectable librarian who lives at the same lodging as her in Montmartre. However he comes in one night wounded by a bullet and admits to her that he leads a double life as a gangster. After killing one of his accomplices who has betrayed him, the police net closes in on him. He returns to spend one final night of love with Madeleine before fleeing to Belgium, but he is tracked down by the law.

  1. ^ Harriss p.196