Strangers in the House
Les Inconnus dans la maison
Release: 1942-05-16
·Runtime: 95m
·★ 7.0
Drama
Crime
Mystery
Loursat, a lawyer, lives with his daughter Nicole in a sinister and vast bourgeois residence. Abandoned for nearly twenty years by his wife, the brilliant lawyer has sunk into alcoholism and his relationship with his daughter is virtually non-existent. However, one day the corpse of a stranger is discovered in the residence of Loursat. Nicole, who frequents a gang of young people who escape boredom by stealing cars and other objects, is immediately suspected.
Production Countries
France
Production Companies
Continental Films
Cast
Bernard Noël
as (uncredited)
Pierre Fresnay
as Le narrateur (uncredited)
Jacques Grétillat
as Le président du tribunal des assises
Raymond Cordy
as L'huissier aux Assises
Georges Gosset
as (uncredited)
Jean Négroni
as (uncredited)
Maurice Salabert
as (uncredited)
Juliette Faber
as Nicole Loursat
Jean Tissier
as Ducup
Noël Roquevert
as Le commissaire Binet
Lucien Coëdel
as Jo, le patron du "Boxing Bar"
Claire Olivier
as Madame Daillat (uncredited)
Gabrielle Fontan
as Fine
Marc Doelnitz
as Edmond Dossin
Arthur Devère
as Le docteur (uncredited)
Daniel Gélin
as (uncredited)
Raimu
as Maître Hector Loursat
Jacques Baumer
as Maître Gérard Rogissart
André Reybaz
as Émile Manu
Martine Carol
as Une spectatrice aux Assises (uncredited)
Héléna Manson
as Madame Manu
Tania Fédor
as Madame Marthe Dossin
Marcel Mouloudji
as Ephraïm (Amédé) Luska
Paul Faivre
as L'agent (uncredited)
Franck Maurice
as Un joueur de belote (uncredited)
Charles Vissières
as Le greffier de Ducup (uncredited)
Marguerite Ducouret
as Angèle
Jacques Denoël
as Marcel Destrivaux