Checkerboard Trailer (1959)

"A TOUR OF VIOLENCE... IN BLACK & WHITE!" 06 May 1959 Drama 125 mins

In a small Gallic village, tourists are regaled by street entertainers and brash prostitutes. One of the tourists, a black girl named Bessie, falls in love with local villager Bob, and he with her. Soon racial tensions erupt volcanically among tourists and townsfolk alike. All is forgiven when the respective parents of the hero and heroine save the village's water supply.

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Cast

Jacques Richard as Bob Stanley

Toto Bissainthe as Bessie Vance

Douta Seck as Vance

Grégoire Aslan as Stanley père

Roger Blin as Slim, le guide

Milly Vitale as Daura

Anne Carrère as La touriste

Nico Pepe as Le policier

Lucien Raimbourg as Le juge

Crew

Claude Accursi Writer

Claude Accursi Dialogue

André Hodeir Original Music Composer

Jean Isnard Director of Photography

Gabriel Rongier Editor

Jean-Paul Coutan-Laboureur Production Design

Jean-Paul Coutan-Laboureur Art Direction

Catherine Giboyau Costume Design

International Titles

Guts in the Sun Trailer

International Releases Dates

France 06 May 1959

Production Companies

Les Films Fernand Rivers

Globe Films International

Zodiaque Productions

Lodice-Zodiaque-Globe

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