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The Best Part

Genre:Drama

Released:1955-12-30

Runtime:90

Overview

Philippe Perrin, a young engineer passionate about his work, leads the construction of a huge dam in the High Alps. Like all the men who work on the building site, he gives the best part of himself. Unfortunately, his health deteriorates but he refuses to follow the doctor's orders as well as the advice of Micheline, a young nurse who has fallen in love with him. However, driven by the evolution of his illness, Philippe finally makes up his mind to go down to the valley for a treatment. On the very day of his departure though, a young Arab worker gets killed in a rock crusher...


Cast:

Gérard Philipe

Character: Philippe Perrin

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Michèle Cordoue

Character: Micheline

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Georges Chamarat

Character: Lemoigne

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Umberto Spadaro

Character: Gino

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Valeria Moriconi

Character: Odette

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Olivier Hussenot

Character: Colombin

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Alberto Bonucci

Character: Antoine

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Jean Lefebvre

Character: Raymond

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Jean-Jacques Lécot

Character: Pasquier

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Michel François

Character: Doctor Molinier

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Robert Bazil

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Jess Hahn

Character: Karl

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Mohamed Ziani

Character: Ali

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Augusto Mingione

Character: Pietro

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Marcel Bozzuffi

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Georges Hubert

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Louis Velle

Character: The new chief engineer

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Jacques Moulières

Character: Luigi

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Giacomo Furia

Character: The canteen manager

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Lina Furia

Character: The canteen manager

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Gino Marturano

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Gabriel Gobin

Character: A card player

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Charles Denner

Character: An assistant engineer

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Pierre Massiot

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Émile Genevois

Character: Worker

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Gérard Oury

Character: Gérard Bailly

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Paola Borboni

Character: (uncredited)

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Raymond Brun

Character: (uncredited)

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Olivier Darrieux

Character: A Man at the Wedding (uncredited)

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Georges Galley

Character: (uncredited)

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Gérard Hernandez

Character: The worker who replaces the storekeeper

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Jacques Morlaine

Character: (uncredited)

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Madame Pâquerette

Character: The owner of the center bistro (uncredited)

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