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 - The Wife of the Accused

Jacques Copeau
The prosecutor - Judge Daubenton

Charles Dullin
Blind witness

Sylvia Bataille
Madeleine Brebant

Hélène Robert
Eugénie Dargence

Monique Joyce
Claudine Faugier-Odot

Pierre Alcover
Valentin Durochat

Jean Tissier
Courriol

Jean-Pierre Kérien
Jean Bruer

André Noël
Franck Excofon

Jean Périer
The jeweler Eugène Legrand

Louis Florencie
Jean Delafolie

Jean Aurenche
Writer

Marcel Duhamel
Guénot

Palmyre Levasseur
The woman Grossetête

Gilberte Géniat
The daughter Sauton

Alfred Delacour
Writer

Lily Laub
Madame Tallien

Jacqueline Jessus
Margot Lesurques

Jacques Varennes
President Gohier

Louis Beydts
Composer

Michel Kelber
Cinematographer

Andrex
The lawyer of Lesurques
Details.
Release DateNovember 10, 1937
Original NameL'Affaire du courrier de Lyon
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 42m
Genres
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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.
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