The Newspaper Falls at Five O'Clock

The Newspaper Falls at Five O'Clock

98 mins | Drama, Romance | May 21, 1942

The everyday life and activity of "La Dernière Heure", a major evening newspaper, seen through the eyes of Hélène Perrin, a cub reporter trained by Pierre Rabaud, a star in his field. Side by side they will investigate several events: an air show that ends tragically, the coming to France of a Hollywood actress, a lightship caught in a terrible storm...

The Newspaper Falls at Five O'Clock

98 mins | Drama, Romance | May 21, 1942

The Newspaper Falls at Five O'Clock
The everyday life and activity of "La Dernière Heure", a major evening newspaper, seen through the eyes of Hélène Perrin, a cub reporter trained by Pierre Rabaud, a star in his field. Side by side they will investigate several events: an air show that ends tragically, the coming to France of a Hollywood actress, a lightship caught in a terrible storm...
Producers S.N.E. Gaumont
Original title Le Journal Tombe à Cinq Heures
Directors Georges Lacombe
Writers Oscar Paul Gilbert

Cast

Pierre Fresnay

as Pierre Rabaud

Marie Déa

as Hélène Perrin

Pierre Renoir

as François Marchal

Pierre Larquey

as Phalanpin

Marcel Vallée

as Valentin

Fred Pasquali

as Fragonard

Bernard Blier

as André Bertod

René Génin

as Bedu

Jean Brochard

as Meulon aka Borniol

Louis Salou

as Perrier des Gachons

Aubry

as

Tania Fédor

as Claudette Louvois

Jacqueline Gauthier

as Perrette

Arlette Marchal

as Jeanne Marchal

Elisa Ruis

as Annette Michon

Héléna Manson

as Marie Le Goard

Gabrielle Dorziat

as Mademoiselle Lebeau

Odette Barencey

as Mother (uncredited)

Jean Carmet

as Typographer (uncredited)

Lucien Coëdel

as Captain Le Goard (uncredited)

Maurice Dorléac

as Georges Lefèvre (uncredited)

Richard Francoeur

as (voice) (uncredited)

Georges Gosset

as (uncredited)

Pierre Labry

as Romain (uncredited)

Albert Malbert

as Sailor (uncredited)

Jean Morel

as (uncredited)

Max Mégy

as (uncredited)

Marcel Pérès

as Requin (uncredited)

Noël Roquevert

as Captain Le Goff (uncredited)

Pierre Vimont

as Lucien Vivier (uncredited)

Georges Vitray

as Joseph Rousseau aka Sam Langford (uncredited)

Eugène Yvernès

as (uncredited)