A new housekeeper takes up her post at the home of Etienne de
Montenoy. Having easily succumbed to the charm of the young
woman, De Montenoy draws up a will making her his sole heir. The
following day, he dies and an autopsy reveals that he was
poisoned. The list of suspects turns out to be quite long and
includes the new housekeeper...
Cast: Anne Vernon (Claire Grandjean),
Franck Villard (Etienne Jean Marie de Montenoy),
Dora Doll (Angèle Amélie Jeanne Mersch),
Jacques Castelot (Thierry de Villesec),
Henri Vilbert (Charles Tramillet),
Serge Nadaud (Commissaire Fiori),
Roland Lesaffre (Raymond Dellez),
Yves Massard (Dr. Delacroix),
Christel Mathieu (Henriette Tramillet),
Ketti Gallian (Cécile de Villesec),
Zina Rachevsky (Dora Dalba),
Perrette Souplex (Clotilde),
Isabelle Eber (Simone),
Yannick Malloire (Françoise Deschamps),
Robert Seller (Edouard),
Gilles Quéant (Le juge),
Bernard Musson (Le notaire),
Albert Michel (Le garde chasse),
Rudy Caumont,
Raymond Raynal
Country: France
Language: French
Support: Black and White
Runtime: 93 min
Continental Films, quality cinema under the Nazi Occupation
At the time of the Nazi Occupation of France during WWII, the German-run company Continental produced some of the finest films made in France in the 1940s.
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