Directed by:
Henri-Georges ClouzotCinematography:
Armand ThirardComposer:
Francis LopezCast:
Louis Jouvet, Simone Renant, Bernard Blier, Suzy Delair, Claudine Dupuis, Charles Dullin, Charles Blavette, Jeanne Fusier-Gir, Raymond Bussières, Dora Doll (more)Plots(1)
Set within the vibrant dancehalls and historic crime corridors of 1940s Paris, ambitious performer Jenny Lamour (Suzy Delair), her covetous piano-playing husband Maurice Martineau (Bertrand Blier), and their devoted confidante Dora Monier (Simone Renant) attempt to cover one another's tracks when a sexually ogreish high-society acquaintance is murdered. Enter Inspector Antoine (Louis Jouvet), whose seasoned instincts lead him down a circuitous path in this classic whodunit murder mystery. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Louis Jouvet](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/737/163737145_03a659.png)
Louis Jouvet
France
Best movies:
The Lower Depths (1936)
Jenny Lamour (1947)
Knock (1951)
![Simone Renant](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/440/440811_f45a7e.jpg)
Simone Renant
France
Best movies:
Dear Inspector (1978)
Three Murderesses (1959)
Les Liaisons dangereuses (1959)
![Bernard Blier](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/087/162087429_286eab.jpg)
Bernard Blier
Argentina
Best movies:
Agence matrimoniale (1952)
Les Misérables (1958)
Marie-October (1959)
![Suzy Delair](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/416/416744_187019.jpg)
Suzy Delair
France
Best movies:
Rocco and His Brothers (1960)
The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob (1973)
Gervaise (1956)
![Claudine Dupuis](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/440/440735_a4d4dc.jpg)
Claudine Dupuis
France
Best movies:
The Seven Deadly Sins (1952)
Jenny Lamour (1947)
![Charles Dullin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/066/037/66037482_5369c8.jpg)
Charles Dullin
France
Best movies:
Les Misérables (1934) (series)
Jenny Lamour (1947)
![Charles Blavette](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/456/456058_5f1aaa.jpg)
Charles Blavette
France
Best movies:
Le Glaive et la balance (1963)
Picnic on the Grass (1959)
The Magnificent Tramp (1959)
![Jeanne Fusier-Gir](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/440/440684_c4327c.jpg)
Jeanne Fusier-Gir
France
Best movies:
Marie-October (1959)
Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954)
Le Corbeau (1943)
![Raymond Bussières](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/726/163726220_ac0fa6.png)
Raymond Bussières
France
Best movies:
The Wing and the Thigh (1976)
The Gates of Paris (1957)
Jonah Who Will Be 25 in the Year 2000 (1976)
![Dora Doll](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/642/160642052_2f0c6d.jpg)
Dora Doll
German Empire
Best movies:
François Villon - Poetul vagabond (1987)
Witness in the City (1959)
Incorrigible (1975)
![Pierre Larquey](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/505/505290_30aaca.jpg)
Pierre Larquey
France
Best movies:
Les Misérables (1934) (series)
Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954)
Diabolique (1955)
![Robert Dalban](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/087/162087198_8f61da.jpg)
Robert Dalban
France
Best movies:
Fantomas (1964)
A Trap for Cinderella (1965)
Marie-October (1959)
Georges Pally
France
Best movies:
Jenny Lamour (1947)
![Gilberte Géniat](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/030/247/30247501_00ad53.jpg)
Gilberte Géniat
France
Best movies:
Agence matrimoniale (1952)
Le Glaive et la balance (1963)
The Day of the Jackal (1973)
![Gabriel Gobin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/040/844/40844703_8b99a1.jpg)
Gabriel Gobin
Belgium
Best movies:
Le Glaive et la balance (1963)
Don't Look Now: We're Being Shot At (1966)
Les Risques du métier (1967)
![André Numès Fils](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/042/871/42871913_35a0a0.jpg)
André Numès Fils
France
Best movies:
No Vacation for Mr. Mayor (1951)
Order of the Daisy (1967)
Children of Paradise (1945)
Fernand René
France
Best movies:
No Vacation for Mr. Mayor (1951)
Royal Affairs in Versailles (1954)
Nous sommes tous des assassins (1952)
![Raphaël Patorni](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/066/037/66037474_62346e.jpg)
Raphaël Patorni
France
Best movies:
Inspector Maigret (1958)
Children of Paradise (1945)
The Red and the Black (1954)
![Palmyre Levasseur](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/066/037/66037488_2b1f38.jpg)
Palmyre Levasseur
France
Best movies:
Agence matrimoniale (1952)
No Vacation for Mr. Mayor (1951)
Les Misérables (1958)
![Charles Vissières](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/072/312/72312330_d5e283.jpg)
Charles Vissières
France
Best movies:
The Little World of Don Camillo (1952)
L'Idiot (1946)
The Return of Don Camillo (1953)