In Case of Adversity
| In Case of Adversity or Love Is My Profession | |
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| Directed by | Claude Autant-Lara |
| Screenplay by | Jean Aurenche Pierre Bost |
| Based on | In Case of Emergency by Georges Simenon |
| Produced by | Raoul Lévy Ray Ventura |
| Starring | Jean Gabin Brigitte Bardot Edwige Feuillère |
| Cinematography | Jacques Natteau |
| Edited by | Madeleine Gug |
| Music by | René Cloërec |
| Color process | Black and white |
Production companies | Union Cinématographique Lyonnaise Iéna Productions CEI Incom |
| Distributed by | Cinédis |
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Running time | 122 minutes |
| Countries | France Italy |
| Language | French |
| Budget | $900,000 |
| Box office | 3,152,082 admissions (France) |
In Case of Adversity (French: En cas de malheur) is a 1958 French-Italian crime film directed by Claude Autant-Lara and starring Jean Gabin, Brigitte Bardot and Edwige Feuillère. In the United States, it was known as Love Is My Profession. The film was released in France on 17 September 1958.
The plot follows a married lawyer who rigs a trial to acquit a young female criminal he has become obsessed with, even to the point of imagining they might have a life together and start a family. The screenplay was written by Jean Aurenche and Pierre Bost after the novel In Case of Emergency by Georges Simenon. It was the second Simenon-based film Gabin starred in that year, after Maigret Sets a Trap.