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The Bellman (1945)

★ 6.9/10 100 min Drama, Crime, Horror France French
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Description

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.

Top Cast

Lucien Coëdel
Lucien Coëdel The Bellman, Jean-Baptiste
Fernand Ledoux
Fernand Ledoux Fabret, his friend
Renée Faure
Renée Faure Catherine Fabret
Roger Pigaut
Roger Pigaut Pierre
Madeleine Robinson
Madeleine Robinson Marthe
Pierre Labry
Pierre Labry The Innkeeper (Marthe's father)
Georges Tourreil
Georges Tourreil The Brigadier of the Gendarmerie
Sinoël
Sinoël Marie-Thérèse, the old woman

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