Plot

Returning to films after a six-year absence, French director Raymond Bernard called the shots on Un Ami Viendra Ce Soir (A Friend Will Come Tonight). Michel Simon heads the cast of this pulse-pounding WWII resistance film, set surprisingly in an insane asylum. In truth, the establishment is but a front for anti-Nazi underground activities; after all, who would suspect a group of lunatics? Some of the scenes in which the French patriots feign insanity to throw the Nazis off the track may seem a bit ludicrous to American viewers, but director Bernard makes up for these off-kilter moments with a thrilling finale. Un Ami Viendra ce Soir works on a pure-entertainment level, but it isn't nearly as good as La Bataille du Rails, Rene Clement's definitive French Underground drama. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Cast

• Madeleine Sologne - Helen Asselin
• Michel Simon - Michel Lemaret
• Paul Bernard - Dr. Tiller
• Louis Salou - Commissioner Martin @ Commander Gerard

Marcel André - Dr. Lestrade; Jacques Clancy - Jacques Leroy; Saturnin Fabre - Phillippe Prunier; Daniel Gélin - Pierre Ribault; Yvette Andréyor - Beatrice

Credit

Raymond Bernard - Director, Arthur Honegger - Composer (Music Score), Robert Le Febvre - Cinematographer, Constantin Geftman - Producer, Raymond Bernard - Screenwriter, Jacques Companeez - Screenwriter

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