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The Case of Dr. Laurent (1957)
Directed by Jean-Paul Le Chanois
Overview
Le Cas Du Dr. Laurent (The Case of Dr. Laurent) stars Jean Gabin as a Paris-based doctor who tries to spread the gospel of Natural Childbirth. Working in a cloistered rural community, Gabin runs up against the stone walls of fear and prejudice. His theories are proven sound when unwed mother Nicole Courcel gives birth within Gabin’s methodology. The childbirth sequence is filmed straight-on with a delicate combination of taste and frankness. Nonetheless, the lurid ad campaign of Cas Du Dr. Laurent sensationalized this sequence all out of proportion.
Length 110 minutes
Actors
Jean Gabin | Nicole Courcel | Silvia Monfort | Henri Arius | Antoine Balpêtré | Georges Lannes | Michel Barbey | Marcel Daxely | Yvonne Gamy | Riri Berty | Mag-Avril | Lucien Callamand | Josselin | Marthe Marty | Germaine de France | Raymone | Orane Demazis | Henri-Jacques Huet | Viviane Méry | Luce Dassas | Jenny Hélia | Dany Caron | Denise Montréal | Clo D'Olban | Bréols | Geo Beuf | Paul Bonifas | José Casa | Jean Panisse | Serge Davin | Roger Karl | Robert Moor | Edouard Hemme | Paul Villé | Edmond Ardisson | Henri Coutet | Noël Darzal | Nicole Desailly | Jean-Paul Le Chanois | Julien Maffre | Raoul Marco | Sylviane Margollé | Jeanne Mars | Jean-François Martial | Marie Mergey | Roger Monteaux