One Does Not Die That Way (1946)

9.0/10 95 min Crime Drama

Overview

In the studio where the famous director Eric Von Berg reigns, Pierre Vanier, the male star of the film and the lover of Berg's muse, dies while rehearsing a scene. Over the course of a tangled investigation, the culprit is unmasked. This honest dresser is the adoptive mother of Vanier's wife, too unhappy with such a husband. The inspector, moved, concludes a suicide.

Cast

Erich von Stroheim

Eric von Berg

Anne-Marie Blanc

Marianne

Denise Vernac

Lynn Laurens

Jean Témerson

Commissioner Martin

René Havard

Assistant

Georges Lannes

Doctor Jacques Forestier

Jacqueline Pierreux

The extra

Sinoël

Marcel Henri Bourjus, prop master

Sylvie

Suzanne Bouvier

Lily Baron

Journalist

Marcel Charvey

Jean-Jacques Delbo

Pierre Vanier

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