Courier of Lyons (1937)
1h 42m
Running Time
November 10, 1937Release Date
Courier of Lyons (1937)
1h 42m
Running Time
November 10, 1937Release Date
Plot.
A courier carrying a large sum of money intended for Bonaparte's army is attacked. A miscarriage of justice will lead an innocent person to the guillotine.
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Cast & Crew.
Pierre Blanchar
Pierre-Joseph Lesurques
Dita Parlo
Mina Lesurques
Jacques Copeau
Le procureur-juge Daubenton
Sylvia Bataille
Madeleine Brebant
Charles Dullin
Le témoin aveugle
Claude Autant-Lara
Director
Hélène Robert
Eugénie Dargence
Monique Joyce
Claudine Faugier-Odot
Maurice Lehmann
Director
Jean Aurenche
Writer
Pierre Alcover
Valentin Durochat
Jean Tissier
Courriol
Jean-Pierre Kérien
Jean Bruer
Alfred Delacour
Writer
André Noël
Franck Excofon
Jean Périer
The jeweler Eugène Legrand
Louis Florencie
Jean Delafolie
Marcel Duhamel
Guénot
Palmyre Levasseur
The woman Grossetête
Gilberte Géniat
The daughter Sauton
Lily Laub
Madame Tallien
Jacqueline Jessus
Margot Lesurques
Jacques Varennes
President Gohier
Andrex
The lawyer of Lesurques
Details.
Release DateNovember 10, 1937
Original NameL'Affaire du courrier de Lyon
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 42m
Genres
Wiki.
The Courier of Lyon (French: L'affaire du courrier de Lyon) is a 1937 French historical drama film directed by Claude Autant-Lara and Maurice Lehmann and starring Pierre Blanchar, Dita Parlo and Jacques Copeau. It is based on the Courrier de Lyon case of 1796. A previous silent film inspired by the story, was released in 1923.
It was shot at the Epinay Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacques Krauss.