The Gutter (1938 film)

The Gutter
Directed by	Maurice Lehmann Claude Autant-Lara
Written by	Jean Aurenche Michel Duran
Based on	The Gutter by Pierre Wolff
Produced by	Maurice Lehmann
Starring	Françoise Rosay Michel Simon Gaby Sylvia Ginette Leclerc
Cinematography	Michel Kelber
Edited by	Victoria Posner
Music by	Tiarko Richepin Vincent Scotto
Production company	Productions Maurice Lehmann
Distributed by	Les Distributeurs Français
Release date	29 October 1938 (1938-10-29)
Running time	100 minutes
Country	France
Language	French

The Gutter or The Stream (French: Le ruisseau) is a 1938 French drama film directed by Maurice Lehmann and Claude Autant-Lara and starring Françoise Rosay, Michel Simon, Gaby Sylvia and Ginette Leclerc.^{[1] [2] [3]} It is based on the 1907 play of the same title by Pierre Wolff. It was shot at the Epinay Studios in Paris and on location around Le Havre in Normandy. The film's sets were designed by the art director René Renoux. The play had previously been adapted as a 1919 American silent film The Virtuous Model and a 1929 French silent Le Ruisseau.

• Françoise Rosay as Régina Berri
• Michel Simon as Le comte Edouard de Bourgogne dit 'L'Escargot'
• Gaby Sylvia as Denise
• Ginette Leclerc as Ginette
• Georges Lannes as Ricardo
• Paul Cambo as Paul Prébant
• Bernard Blier as Le chauffeur de taxi
• Yves Deniaud as Le garçon de cabaret

• Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: encyclopédie des films, Volume 2. Pygmalion, 1986.
• Crisp, Colin. Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939. Indiana University Press, 2002.
• Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.

• The Gutter at IMDb

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