The Best Part

The Best Part

Philippe Perrin, a young engineer passionate about his work, leads the construction of a huge dam in the High Alps. Like all the men who work on the building site, he gives the best part of himself. Unfortunately, his health deteriorates but he refuses to follow the doctor's orders as well as the advice of Micheline, a young nurse who has fallen in love with him. However, driven by the evolution of his illness, Philippe finally makes up his mind to go down to the valley for a treatment. On the very day of his departure though, a young Arab worker gets killed in a rock crusher...

Cast for The Best Part...

Gérard Philipe
Philippe Perrin
Michel François
Doctor Molinier
Louis Velle
The new chief engineer
Giacomo Furia
The canteen manager
Lina Furia
The canteen manager
Gabriel Gobin
A card player
Charles Denner
An assistant engineer
Gérard Oury
Gérard Bailly
Paola Borboni
(uncredited)
Raymond Brun
(uncredited)
Olivier Darrieux
A Man at the Wedding (uncredited)
Georges Galley
(uncredited)
Gérard Hernandez
The worker who replaces the storekeeper
Jacques Morlaine
(uncredited)
Madame Pâquerette
The owner of the center bistro (uncredited)