We really know a whole lot less about French movies than we think. This is the last movie by Tourneur senior who was a contemporary of D.W. Griffiths but sustained a career into the post WW2 era.
IMPASSE DES DEUX ANGES is not a great film but it can hold it's own with the other studies of dream haunted studio-urban regret of the day - JULIETTE OU LE CLE DES SONGES, LE DEFROQUE and the rest.
Cracksman Meurisse finds the jewel collar he lifts is to be rich Herrand's gift to Meurisse's old flame, actress Signoret and the pair go off on a nostalgic night together, pursued by his criminal associates. The film's most striking feature is the use of flashbacks where the actors are double exposed in the middle ground of real settings. A car dissolves out rather than drives off.
The curious cast also contains young Delorme and sinister Nalder. The finale with the sheltered neighbor defies anticipation.
IMPASSE DES DEUX ANGES is not a great film but it can hold it's own with the other studies of dream haunted studio-urban regret of the day - JULIETTE OU LE CLE DES SONGES, LE DEFROQUE and the rest.
Cracksman Meurisse finds the jewel collar he lifts is to be rich Herrand's gift to Meurisse's old flame, actress Signoret and the pair go off on a nostalgic night together, pursued by his criminal associates. The film's most striking feature is the use of flashbacks where the actors are double exposed in the middle ground of real settings. A car dissolves out rather than drives off.
The curious cast also contains young Delorme and sinister Nalder. The finale with the sheltered neighbor defies anticipation.