Dark, bleak and intense French Resistance drama that pulls no punches. LA CHATTE (THE CAT) deserves to be better known. Shot in the style of film noir with an excellent cast and script by director Henri Decoin, Jacques Rémy and Eugène Tucherer, on a novel by the latter. A forerunner of Melville's L'ARMÉE DES OMBRES (1969) if not quite the equal of that masterpiece. Highly recommended.
