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
Héléna Manson
as Madame Manu
André Reybaz
as Émile Manu
Jacques Grétillat
as Le président du tribunal des assises
Georges Gosset
as (uncredited)
Juliette Faber
as Nicole Loursat
Noël Roquevert
as Le commissaire Binet
Marcel Mouloudji
as Ephraïm (Amédé) Luska
Marguerite Ducouret
as Angèle
Jean Tissier
as Ducup
Jean Négroni
as (uncredited)
Maurice Salabert
as (uncredited)
Lucien Coëdel
as Jo, le patron du "Boxing Bar"
Martine Carol
as Une spectatrice aux Assises (uncredited)
Paul Faivre
as L'agent (uncredited)
Bernard Noël
as (uncredited)
Arthur Devère
as Le docteur (uncredited)
Jacques Baumer
as Maître Gérard Rogissart
Raymond Cordy
as L'huissier aux Assises
Daniel Gélin
as (uncredited)
Raimu
as Maître Hector Loursat
Charles Vissières
as Le greffier de Ducup (uncredited)
Tania Fédor
as Madame Marthe Dossin
Pierre Fresnay
as Le narrateur (uncredited)
Claire Olivier
as Madame Daillat (uncredited)
Jacques Denoël
as Marcel Destrivaux
Franck Maurice
as Un joueur de belote (uncredited)
Marc Doelnitz
as Edmond Dossin
Gabrielle Fontan
as Fine
