The Convict
Le Bagnard
Release: 1951-03-07
·Runtime: 96m
·★ 5.3
Drama
The practice of Dr. Julien, a GP of Marseilles, consists mainly of drug-addicts. One day, one of his patient dies at his surgery and Julien yields to the temptation : he steals the dead man's money and hides the corpse in a trunk. But the whole thing is discovered and ... misinterpreted. The doctor is condemned for killing the junkie and sent to the Cayenne convict prison, from which he escapes. The Indians give him shelter and he is soon given the opportunity to return their good deed when a yellow fever epidemic strikes their tribe. A young woman helps to fight the disease and, thanks to her, Julien starts considering that a new life is possible for him.
Production Countries
France
Production Companies
Sport-Films
Cast
Lucien Nat
as Messner
Lili Bontemps
as Marie-Lou
Henri Arius
as The neighbor
Roger Blin
as Convict
Juliette Faber
as Pilar
Lucien Callamand
as Maître Gloriette
Daniel Mendaille
as Head of the plantation
Henry Houry
as Defense lawyer
Milly Mathis
as Mrs. Rosano
Georges Sellier
as Professor Elie Dubois, a doctor
André Wasley
as Convict
Colette Deréal
as Emma
Jenny Hélia
as The laughing woman
Max Amyl
as Accordionist
Marcel Delaître
as Professor Roméo Verger, a doctor (uncredited)
Roger Monteaux
as Commissioner of Police (uncredited)
