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Overview

Cast & Crew

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The Plot

The bell ringer at a way station in the French Alps, murders a passing horse trader with a thrown rock and relieves him of his bankroll, in order to bribe the daughter of his only friend, a head injury victim considered the village simpleton, into marrying him, despite her love for a lowly woodsman who is, in turn, being cajoled into marriage by the daughter of the wealthy innkeeper.

Run Time

1h 40m

Genre

Drama, Crime, Horror

Release Date

04 Dec 1945

Country

France

Language

French

Director & Producers

Christian-Jaque
Director

Top Billed Cast

Lucien Coëdel
The Bellman, Jean-Baptiste

Fernand Ledoux
Fabret, his friend

Renée Faure
Catherine Fabret

Roger Pigaut
Pierre

Madeleine Robinson
Marthe

Pierre Labry
The Innkeeper (Marthe's father)

Georges Tourreil
The Brigadier of the Gendarmerie

Sinoël
Marie-Thérèse, the old woman

Léonce Corne
Inn Patron "Not From These Parts"

Marcel Pérès
Inn Patron with Dark Black Hair and Mustache Les Danseurs du Massif Central
The Festival Dance Villagers Le Cheval Caïd de la Cavalerie Carré
The Black Horse

Technical Team

Henri Verdun
Music Claude Boncompain
Novel Jacques Prévert
Dialogue Louis Page
Director of Photography Jacques Desagneaux
Editor Alice Dumas
Editor

Moulin D'Or