Strangers in the House (1942)

7.0/10 95 min Drama Crime Mystery

Overview

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.

Cast

Raimu

Maître Hector Loursat

Juliette Faber

Nicole Loursat

Gabrielle Fontan

Fine

Héléna Manson

Madame Manu

Tania Fédor

Madame Marthe Dossin

Marguerite Ducouret

Angèle

Jean Tissier

Ducup

Jacques Baumer

Maître Gérard Rogissart

Noël Roquevert

Le commissaire Binet

André Reybaz

Émile Manu

Jacques Grétillat

Le président du tribunal des assises

Lucien Coëdel

Jo, le patron du "Boxing Bar"

Marc Doelnitz

Edmond Dossin

Jacques Denoël

Marcel Destrivaux

Marcel Mouloudji

Ephraïm (Amédé) Luska

Raymond Cordy

L'huissier aux Assises

Martine Carol

Une spectatrice aux Assises (uncredited)

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