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
Fernand Ledoux
Fabret, his friend
Madeleine Robinson
Marthe
Pierre Labry
The Innkeeper (Marthe's father)
Léonce Corne
Inn Patron "Not From These Parts"
Léon Larive
Un villageois
Sinoël
Marie-Thérèse, the old woman
Jacques Butin
Le gendarme
Michel Piccoli
Un villageois
Lucien Coëdel
The Bellman, Jean-Baptiste
Renée Faure
Catherine Fabret
Marcel Pérès
Inn Patron with Dark Black Hair and Mustache
Roger Pigaut
Pierre
Georges Tourreil
The Brigadier of the Gendarmerie