In Case of Adversity

In Case of Adversity
Theatrical release poster
Directed byClaude Autant-Lara
Screenplay byJean Aurenche
Pierre Bost
Based onIn Case of Emergency by Georges Simenon
Produced byRaoul Lévy
Ray Ventura
StarringJean Gabin
Brigitte Bardot
Edwige Feuillère
CinematographyJacques Natteau
Edited byMadeleine Gug
Music byRené Cloërec
Color processBlack and white
Production
companies
Union Cinématographique Lyonnaise
Iéna Productions
CEI Incom
Distributed byCinédis
Release date
  • 17 September 1958 (1958-09-17)
Running time
122 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Budget$900,000[1]
Box office3,152,082 admissions (France)[2]

In Case of Adversity (French: En cas de malheur) is a 1958 French crime film directed by Claude Autant-Lara and starring Jean Gabin, Brigitte Bardot and Edwige Feuillère. It was released as Love Is My Profession in the United States. It tells the story of 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. The film was released in France on 17 September 1958.[3]

  1. ^ "French Costs". Variety. 30 October 1957. p. 16.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference box was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "En cas de malheur". UniFrance Films (in French). Retrieved 2016-04-17.

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