Assault

Assault
  • Release date: 31 Dec 1936
  • Release year: 1936
  • Runtime: 73 minutes
  • Country: France
  • Keywords: 1930s, politician, political corruption, french politics, france, french national assembly, reference to the davis cup, newspaper headline, smear campaign, defamation, L'assaut
Plot:
Alexandre Merital, the leader of a political party, finds himself under attack from Frepeau, one of his opponents. The latter has indeed discovered that Merital committed a theft in his youth. But Merital will not be intimidated by his adversary's move. In his turn, he discovers that Frepeau was once involved in a financial scandal, which forces the plaintiff to discontinue the prosecution.
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