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...
Genres:
Gérard Philipe as Philippe Perrin
Michèle Cordoue as Micheline
Georges Chamarat as Lemoigne
Umberto Spadaro as Gino
Valeria Moriconi as Odette
Olivier Hussenot as Colombin
Alberto Bonucci as Antoine
Jean Lefebvre as Raymond
Jean-Jacques Lécot as Pasquier
Michel François as Doctor Molinier
Robert Bazil as
Jess Hahn as Karl
Mohamed Ziani as Ali
Augusto Mingione as Pietro
Marcel Bozzuffi as
Georges Hubert as
Louis Velle as The new chief engineer
Jacques Moulières as Luigi
Giacomo Furia as The canteen manager
Lina Furia as The canteen manager
Gino Marturano as
Gabriel Gobin as A card player
Charles Denner as An assistant engineer
Pierre Massiot as
Émile Genevois as Worker
Gérard Oury as Gérard Bailly
Paola Borboni as (uncredited)
Raymond Brun as (uncredited)
Olivier Darrieux as A Man at the Wedding (uncredited)
Georges Galley as (uncredited)
Gérard Hernandez as The worker who replaces the storekeeper
Jacques Morlaine as (uncredited)
Madame Pâquerette as The owner of the center bistro (uncredited)
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