The Best Part
1955Philippe Perrin, a young engineer passionate about his work, leads the construction of a huge dam in the High Alps. Like all the men who work on the building site, he gives the best part of himself. Unfortunately, his health deteriorates but he refuses to follow the doctor's orders as well as the advice of Micheline, a young nurse who has fallen in love with him. However, driven by the evolution of his illness, Philippe finally makes up his mind to go down to the valley for a treatment. On the very day of his departure though, a young Arab worker gets killed in a rock crusher...
Acted in
Gérard Philipe
as Philippe Perrin
Michèle Cordoue
as Micheline
Georges Chamarat
as Lemoigne
Umberto Spadaro
as Gino
Valeria Moriconi
as Odette
Olivier Hussenot
as Colombin
Alberto Bonucci
as Antoine
Jean Lefebvre
as Raymond
Jean-Jacques Lécot
as Pasquier
Michel François
as Doctor Molinier
Robert Bazil
Jess Hahn
as Karl
Mohamed Ziani
as Ali
Augusto Mingione
as Pietro
Marcel Bozzuffi
Georges Hubert
Louis Velle
as The new chief engineer
Jacques Moulières
as Luigi
Giacomo Furia
as The canteen manager
Lina Furia
as The canteen manager
Gino Marturano
Gabriel Gobin
as A card player
Charles Denner
as An assistant engineer
Pierre Massiot
Émile Genevois
as Worker
Gérard Oury
as Gérard Bailly
Paola Borboni
as (uncredited)
Raymond Brun
as (uncredited)
Olivier Darrieux
as A Man at the Wedding (uncredited)
Georges Galley
as (uncredited)
Gérard Hernandez
as The worker who replaces the storekeeper
Jacques Morlaine
as (uncredited)
Madame Pâquerette
as The owner of the center bistro (uncredited)