Pierre Chenal
Director | Writer | Screenplay
Pierre Chenal was a French director and screenwriter who flourished in the 1930s. He was born in 1904 in Brussels, Belgium as Pierre Cohen. Chenal was best known for film noir thrillers such as the 1937 film L'Alibi, where he worked with Erich von Stroheim and Louis Jouvet. In 1939 he made Le Dernier Tournant, the first of many film treatments of James M. Cain's celebrated novel, The Postman Always Rings Twice. He was also known for Crime and Punishment (1935), Native Son (1951) and Versatile...
Place of Birth: Bruxelles, Belgique
Date of Birth: Dec 5, 1904
Date of Death: Dec 23, 1990
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