In Case of Adversity (1958)

6.7122 min

1958 film by Claude Autant-Lara

In Case of Adversity (French: En cas de malheur) is a 1958 French-Italian crime film directed by Claude Autant-Lara and starring Jean Gabin, Brigitte Bardot and Edwige Feuillère. In the United States, it was known as Love Is My Profession. The film was released in France on 17 September 1958.

The plot follows a married lawyer who rigs a trial to acquit a young female criminal he has become obsessed with, even to the point of imagining they might have a life together and start a family. The screenplay was written by Jean Aurenche and Pierre Bost after the novel In Case of Emergency by Georges Simenon. It was the second Simenon-based film Gabin starred in that year, after Maigret Sets a Trap.

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What is In Case of Adversity about?
In Case of Adversity (1958) — Married French lawyer Andre defends succesfully the case of Yvette, who committed a robbery. He falls in love with her, but she isn't true to him.
Is In Case of Adversity based on a true story?
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