Last Hour, Special Edition

Last Hour, Special Edition

1949 · 90 min · ★ 6.3 · Crime

A journalist who deals with the column "courier du cœur" has the absurd idea of ​​launching an investigation into the death of a pianist whom he claims to have been murdered. To dazzle his wife, a reporter for the newspaper, he disguises the facts in such a way that the police suspect him, then declare him guilty. It takes a number of adventures to get him out of this mess and get him back into his section.

Directed by Maurice de Canonge · Written by Jacques Companéez

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