AFFICHE officiel DANOISE THÉRÈSE RAQUIN 1953 Simone Signoret, Raf Vallone Marcel Carné

Original Danish 24 1/2 inch x 33 1/2 Poster for the 1953 Marcel Carné Crime officiel Drama THERESE RAQUIN (THE ADULTRESS), based on the novel by Emile Zola and starring Simone Signoret, Raf Vallone, Jacques Duby, Maria-Pia Casilio, Marcel Andre and Roland Lessafre.

This grim drama centres upon a willful wife who becomes disgusted by her wimpy husband and has an affair with a violent trucker. Eventually the two philanderers decide to kill the hapless husband on a train. The dirty deed is done, but unfortunately for the illicit lovers it was witnessed by a young sailor who begins blackmailing the murderous duo. They end up killing him and going back to their sordid lives.

The poster is in very good folded condition with a censor stamp in the left of the top edge of the poster.