Checkerboard (1959)

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Checkerboard on IMDb 5.5/10 37 votes

Released:
1959-05-06

Overview:
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.

Director:
Claude Bernard-Aubert

Runtime:
2h 5min

Genre:
Drama

  • Cast:
  • Jacques Richard
    as
    Bob Stanley
  • Toto Bissainthe
    as
    Bessie Vance
  • Douta Seck
    as
    Vance
  • Grégoire Aslan
    as
    Stanley père
  • Roger Blin
    as
    Slim, le guide