Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Assia Noris | ... | Colette Mauvoisin | |
Jules Berry | ... | Plantel | |
Gabrielle Dorziat | ... | Gérardine Éloi | |
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Guillaume de Sax | ... | Babin |
Jean Desailly | ... | Gilles Mauvoisin (as Jean Desailly de la Comédie Française) | |
Simone Valère | ... | Alice Lepart | |
Serge Reggiani | ... | Bob Éloi | |
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Hubert Prélier | ... | Le docteur Sauvaget |
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Jacques Castelot | ... | Jean Plantel |
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Jean Didier | ... | Le marin |
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Martial Rèbe | ... | Lepart (as Martial Rèbes) |
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Claude Magnier | ||
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Jacques Reynier | ||
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Eugène Yvernès | ... | Le capitaine du navire (as Yvernes) |
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Mona Dol | ... | Jaja |
Gilles Mauvoisin, the only descendant of his late uncle Octave, inherits his entire fortune. Uncle Octave was poisoned with arsenic and suspicion focused immediately on his widow, Colette Mauvoisin. But Gilles doubts about her guilt and conducts his own investigation. Written by morroviolet
Rather ordinary mystery enhanced by the unavoidable awareness that this movie was made under wartime circumstances. Basically, a young man becomes the unexpected heir to a large fortune, and runs up against the "syndicate" of corrupt townsfolk. The murderer is eventually discovered, and the man finds true love. Interesting performance by Jean Desailly, who is not well known in the US.