Movie Description
Huit hommes dans un château
(1942)Overview
The Paladines write crime novels together. In a cinema, they happen to see a report on the consequences of a shipwreck in which Lieutenant Dupuis tells about the death of an old man in the lifeboat carrying the survivors. Husband and wife agree that this could be the starting point of a new story and go and see Dupuis to get more details about the drama. When they come to his hotel Dupuis is dead with a bullet in his head. Police characterizes the death as suicide but Paladine has found a train ticket in the dead man's pocket. With his wife he takes the train to the specified destination, somewhere in the provinces...
Featured Crew
- Director : Richard Pottier
- Producer : Lucien Masson
- Editor : Germaine Fouquet
- Cast : René Dary,Jacqueline Gauthier,Louis Salou,Aline Carola,Georges Grey,Roger Champi,Jean Meyer,Jean Daurand,Colette Régis,André Carnège,Pierre Palau,Maurice Pierrat,Charles Lemontier,Jean Morel,Gabrielle Fontan,Eugène Frouhins,Georges Vasty,Robert Arpin,Georges Grey,Champi,Hélène de Verneuil,Jacques Dubuis,Maxime Fabert,Julienne Paroli,Pierre Réal
Cast
Mr. Paladine
Mrs. Paladine
Mr. Delaunay
Hélène de Chanceau
Alain
Firmin
Notary's nephew
Acrobat
Mrs. de Chanceau
Investigating judge
Notary
Maître d'hôtel
Cook
Commander Dupuis
Innkeeper
Gardener
Inspector
Ship's boy
Alain Severac
Firmin (uncredited)
Lady at the spectacle (uncredited)
(uncredited)
Drunk (uncredited)
(uncredited)
(uncredited)
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Facts
Original TitleHuit hommes dans un château
Status Released
Release Information
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1942-12-09
Original LanguageUnknown
Runtime 01h 33m
Production CompaniesLa Société des Films Sirius
Genres
- Crime
- Drama
