Back to the Wall (French: Le dos au mur) is a 1958 French crime drama film directed by Édouard Molinaro and starring Jeanne Moreau, Gérard Oury and Philippe Nicaud. It was shot at the Saint-Maurice Studios in Paris and on location around the city. The film's sets were designed by the art director Georges Lévy.
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Synopsis
Jacques Decret, a wealthy industrialist, discovers that his wife Gloria is having an affair with a younger man, Yves. Decret begins to send her blackmail letters, elaborately planting the suspicion in Gloria's mind that they were written by Yves. Confronting Yves after finding seemingly incriminating evidence alongside a pistol, Gloria accidentally shoots Yves. Gloria confesses her affair and the homicide to Decret, who feigns ignorance and disposes of Yves' body by encasing it in a concrete wall. Months pass, the marriage has returned to a new normal, but Gloria accidentally finds evidence that Decret had framed Yves, and commits suicide after sending a letter to the police implicating her husband in her lover's death.
Cast
Jeanne Moreau as Gloria Decrey
Gérard Oury as Jacques Decrey
Philippe Nicaud as Yves Normand
Claire Maurier as Ghislaine
Gérard Buhr as Mario
George Cusin as Le commissaire de police
Robert Bazil as Un inspecteur de police
Jean Degrave as Le bijoutier
Richard Francoeur as Un invité des Decrey
Françoise Honorat as Un invité des Decrey
Joëlle Janin as Une secrétaire
Robert Le Béal as Me Lombard, l'avocat
Micheline Luccioni as La postière
Pascal Mazzotti as Jérôme
Jacqueline Noëlle as L'entraîneuse
Philippe Olive as Henri
Jean Lefebvre as Mauvin
Colette Renard as Josiane Mauvin
Jean-Marie Rivière as Paul