# Their Last Night

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{{short description|1953 film}}
{{Infobox film
| name           = Their Last Night
| image          = File:Their Last Night 1953 film.jpg
| caption        = 
| director       = [Georges Lacombe](/source/Georges_Lacombe_(director))
| producer       = [Édouard Harispuru](/source/%C3%89douard_Harispuru)
| writer         = Jacques Celhay <br> [Jacques Constant](/source/Jacques_Constant) <br> Georges Lacombe
| starring       = [Jean Gabin](/source/Jean_Gabin) <br> [Madeleine Robinson](/source/Madeleine_Robinson) <br> [Robert Dalban](/source/Robert_Dalban)
| music          = [Francis Lopez](/source/Francis_Lopez_(composer))
| cinematography = [Philippe Agostini](/source/Philippe_Agostini)
| editing        = [Raymond Leboursier](/source/Raymond_Leboursier)
| studio        = Compagnie Commerciale Française Cinématographique 
| distributor    = [Columbia Films](/source/Columbia_Pictures)
| released       = {{Film date|1953|10|23|df=yes}}
| runtime        = 95 minutes
| country        = France
| language       = [French](/source/French_language)
| budget         = 
}}
'''''Their Last Night''''' (French: '''''Leur dernière nuit''''') is a 1953 French [crime](/source/crime_film) [drama film](/source/drama_film) directed by [Georges Lacombe](/source/Georges_Lacombe_(director)) and starring [Jean Gabin](/source/Jean_Gabin), [Madeleine Robinson](/source/Madeleine_Robinson) and [Robert Dalban](/source/Robert_Dalban).<ref>Harriss p.196</ref> It was shot at the [Billancourt Studios](/source/Billancourt_Studios) in [Paris](/source/Paris) and [on location](/source/location_shooting) around the city. The film's sets were designed by the [art director](/source/art_director) [Léon Barsacq](/source/L%C3%A9on_Barsacq).

==Synopsis==
Madeleine, a young [teacher](/source/teacher) from the provinces, arrives in [Paris](/source/Paris) and encounters Pierre Ruffin a seemingly respectable [librarian](/source/librarian) who lives at the same lodging as her in [Montmartre](/source/Montmartre). However he comes in one night wounded by a bullet and admits to her that he leads a double life as a [gangster](/source/gangster). After killing one of his accomplices who has betrayed him, the police net closes in on him. He returns to spend one final night of love with Madeleine before fleeing to [Belgium](/source/Belgium), but he is tracked down by the law.

==Cast==
{{castlist|
* [Jean Gabin](/source/Jean_Gabin) as Pierre Fernand Ruffin dit Monsieur Fernand
* [Madeleine Robinson](/source/Madeleine_Robinson) as 	Madeleine Marsan
* [Michel Barbey](/source/Michel_Barbey) as 	Dédé - un gangster
* [Gaby Basset](/source/Gaby_Basset) as La prostituée
* [Paul Bonifas](/source/Paul_Bonifas) as Le commissaire principal 
* [Robert Dalban](/source/Robert_Dalban) as L'inspecteur Dupré
* [Suzanne Dantès](/source/Suzanne_Dant%C3%A8s) as Mademoiselle Mercier
* [Jean-Jacques Delbo](/source/Jean-Jacques_Delbo) as 	Antoine Pérez
* [Arthur Devère](/source/Arthur_Dev%C3%A8re) as Le marinier
* [Luce Fabiole](/source/Luce_Fabiole) as La directrice du cours Sévigné
* [Fernand Gilbert](/source/Fernand_Gilbert) as 	Le bistro
* [Camille Guérini](/source/Camille_Gu%C3%A9rini) as Monsieur Malafosse
* [Jacqueline Marbaux](/source/Jacqueline_Marbaux) as 	Madame de Lydia
* [Geneviève Morel](/source/Genevi%C3%A8ve_Morel) as 	La bonne de l'hôtel
* [Odette Barencey](/source/Odette_Barencey) as La cuisinière de la pension
* [Georges Baconnet](/source/Georges_Baconnet) as Le notaire 
* [Paul Barge](/source/Paul_Barge) as 	Le patron de l'hôtel 
* [Yvonne Constant](/source/Yvonne_Constant) as 	Marceline 
* [Cécile Didier](/source/C%C3%A9cile_Didier) as Madame Legrain 
* [Jean Lanier](/source/Jean_Lanier) as L'inspecteur Pierson 
* [Raymond Loyer](/source/Raymond_Loyer) as 	Paulo 
* [Yves Massard](/source/Yves_Massard) as 	Le codétenu du car de police
* [Jean Ozenne](/source/Jean_Ozenne) as Le chanoine Bourianne 
* [Maryse Paillet](/source/Maryse_Paillet) as La femme du marinier 
* [Raymond Rognoni](/source/Raymond_Rognoni) as Un pensionnaire du Duc d'Aumale 
* [Henri San Juan](/source/Henri_San_Juan) as P'tit Louis - un gangster 
* [Jackie Sardou](/source/Jackie_Sardou) as 	La concierge 
* [Françoise Soulié](/source/Fran%C3%A7oise_Souli%C3%A9) as .	Nicole 
* [Sylvain](/source/Sylvain_(actor)) as Le garçon d'hôtel 
* [Georges Vitray](/source/Georges_Vitray) as Monsieur Villard - un magistrat retraité
}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==Bibliography==
* Harriss, Joseph. ''Jean Gabin: The Actor Who Was France''. McFarland, 2018.

== External links ==
* {{IMDb title|id=0157927}}

{{Georges Lacombe}}

Category:1953 films
Category:French crime films
Category:1953 French-language films
Category:French black-and-white films
Category:1953 crime films
Category:Films directed by Georges Lacombe
Category:Films shot at Billancourt Studios
Category:Films set in Paris
Category:1953 French films
Category:Films scored by Francis Lopez

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