Checkerboard

Checkerboard (1959)

A TOUR OF VIOLENCE... IN BLACK & WHITE!

Drama

In a small Gallic village, tourists are regaled by street entertainers and brash prostitutes. One of the tourists, a black girl named Bessie, falls in love with local villager Bob, and he with her. Soon racial tensions erupt volcanically among tourists and townsfolk alike. All is forgiven when the respective parents of the hero and heroine save the village's water supply.

star 6 5.6
  • Release Date: 1959-05-06
  • Runtime: 2h 5min
  • Director: Claude Bernard-Aubert

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    • Cast

    • Jacques Richard

      Bob Stanley

    • Toto Bissainthe

      Bessie Vance

    • Douta Seck

      Vance

    • Grégoire Aslan

      Stanley père

    • Roger Blin

      Slim, le guide

    • Milly Vitale

      Daura

    • Anne Carrère

      La touriste

    • Nico Pepe

      Le policier

    • Lucien Raimbourg

      Le juge