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1941 film

The Last of the Six

Directed by	Georges Lacombe
Written by	Henri-Georges Clouzot
Based on	The Six Dead Men by Stanislas-André Steeman
Produced by	Alfred Greven Max Winkler
Starring	Pierre Fresnay Michèle Alfa Suzy Delair
Cinematography	Robert Lefebvre
Music by	Jean Alfaro
Production company	Continental Films
Distributed by	ACE
Release date	16 September 1941 (1941-09-16)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

The Last of the Six (French: Le dernier des six) is a 1941 French mystery thriller film directed by Georges Lacombe and starring Pierre Fresnay, Michèle Alfa and Suzy Delair. It was shot at the Billancourt Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Andrej Andrejew. It is based on the 1931 novel The Six Dead Men by the Belgian writer Stanislas-André Steeman.

The film was made in Occupied France by the German-backed Continental Films, with the screenplay by Henri-Georges Clouzot who headed the company's scenario department. It was followed by a sequel in 1942 The Murderer Lives at Number 21 directed by Clouzot, with Fresnay and Delair reprising their roles.

Cast

Pierre Fresnay as Le commissaire Wensceslas Voroboevitch dit Monsieur Wens
Michèle Alfa as Lolita Gernicot
Suzy Delair as Mila Malou - une chanteuse de cabaret, la maîtresse gouailleuse de Wens
Jean Tissier as Henri Tignol
André Luguet as Henri Senterre
Jean Chevrier as Jean Perlonjour
Lucien Nat as Marcel Gernicot
Georges Rollin as Georges Gribbe dit Jo
Raymond Segard as Namotte
Odette Barencey as Pâquerette
Henri Bargin as Un homme
Jacques Beauvais as Le maître d'hôtel
Rivers Cadet as Un inspecteur
Martine Carol as Une femme
Paul Demange as Fabien - le maître d'hôtel de Senterre
Pierre Labry as L'inspecteur Picard
Roger Legris as Le photographe
Albert Malbert as Le patron du garni
Marcel Maupi as Le régisseur
Robert Ozanne as L'inspecteur Dallandier
Maurice Salabert as Un inspecteur
Robert Vattier as L'administrateur
Frank Villard as Un homme
Charles Vissières as Le concierge

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v t e Films directed by Georges Lacombe
Bubble Gum (1931) A Telephone Call (1932) That Scoundrel Morin (1932) The Invisible Woman (1933) Youth (1934) The Scandalous Couple (1935) The Happy Road (1936) The Heart Disposes (1936) Café de Paris (1938) Behind the Facade (1939) Musicians of the Sky (1940) Paris-New York (1940) They Were Twelve Women (1940) The Last of the Six (1941) Montmartre (1941) The Newspaper Falls at Five O'Clock (1942) Monsieur La Souris (1942) The Stairs Without End (1943) Florence Is Crazy (1944) Land Without Stars (1946) Martin Roumagnac (1946) Convicted (1948) Prelude to Glory (1950) The Night Is My Kingdom (1951) The Seven Deadly Sins (1952) The Call of Destiny (1953) Their Last Night (1953) The Light Across the Street (1956) White Cargo (1958) My Darned Father (1958) L'âme de Nicolas Synders (1961) L'âne et le boeuf (1962) Message pour Margaret (1964) La fabrique du roi (1965) Le réquisitionnaire (1968) Pierre de Ronsard, gentilhomme vendômois (1970) Les mensonges (1971) Une atroce petite musique (1973) Un souper chez Lauzun (1973)

Films directed by Georges Lacombe

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