Carlo Rim is one of those writers who don't really register until one day you realise he was involved in several films you enjoyed watching; he started out with Marc Allegret on the Josephine Baker vehicle Zouzou and just before this one he wrote Justin de Marseille for Maurice Tourneur and went on to write three of the lesser-known Continental entries, Simplet, Ferme aux loups and Val d'Enfer - again for Tourneur. This time he's writing for two of the finest second-string actors in French cinema (let's face it, no one was going to eclipse Raimu or Gabin but there were lots of excellent actors right behind them, think Harry Bauer, Pierre Fresnay, Julien Carrette, Saturnin Fabre, Charpin, Pierre Brasseur for openers, to say nothing of these two, Jules Berry and Michel Simon. The plot involves our old friend the scam and what begins as a simple one-thought idea - Simon will off Berry who will then reappear when the publicity has turned them from ham actors into stars - spins further and further out of control until Simon winds up on Death Row with minutes to live even as Berry is facing a Polish Court (don't ask). This is yet another little-known gem and is more than worth seeking out.