''The Last Metro'' (French: ''Dernier métro'') is a 1945 French crime film directed by

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and starring

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and Mony Dalmès. It was based on the 1912 novel ''Mathilde et ses mitaines'' by

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. The film's sets were designed by the art director

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. It recorded admissions in France of 2,218,391.French box office results for 1945
at Box Office Story

Synopsis

Leaving the station after having caught the last

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, a man comes to the rescue of a woman who is being assaulted and finds himself drawn into her affairs.

Cast

References

Bibliography

* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

''The Last Metro''
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