The Bellman
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.
Director Christian-Jaque
Cast
Lucien Coëdel
The Bellman, Jean-Baptiste
Pierre Labry
The Innkeeper (Marthe's father)
Léon Larive
Un villageois
Madeleine Robinson
Marthe
Jacques Butin
Le gendarme
Fernand Ledoux
Fabret, his friend
Renée Faure
Catherine Fabret
Michel Piccoli
Un villageois
Roger Pigaut
Pierre
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