The Puritan (1938)
A religious fanatic finds his entire life and philosophy turned upside-down as he falls in love with a girl and kills her in a jealous rage. His search is for peace of mind and a desire to justify the murder of the girl to himself. His mind becomes distraught as he gropes trying to rationalize his deed and his world falls apart around him. A police inspector patiently and tirelessly stays on Barrault's trail, without putting him under arrest, though convinced he is the murderer, and waiting for the moment when he feels Barrault will break under the strain of his own religious fanaticism.
Director: Jeff Musso
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Pierre Fresnay as Le commissaire Lavan |
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Jean-Louis Barrault as Francis Ferriter |
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Viviane Romance as Molly |
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Louis-Jacques Boucot as Monsieur Kelly |
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Mady Berry as Madame Kelly |
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Alexandre Rignault as Le docteur O'Leary |
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Ludmilla Pitoëff as La tante de Thérésa |
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Alla Donell as Thérésa Burke |
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Georges Flamant as Callaghan |
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Pedro Elviro as Un agent de la Sûreté |
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Charblay as |
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Jean Tissier as |
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Léon Bary as |
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Pierre Labry as |
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Marcel Delaître as Le prêtre |
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Marthe Mellot as Madame Ferriter |
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Geneviève Sorya as La gourgandine |
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Edmond van Daële as |
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Paul Asselin as |
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Maurice Maillot as |
| Writing | Louis Postif | Writer |
| Writing | Jeff Musso | Writer |
| Sound | Jacques Belasco | Music |
| Art | Henri Ménessier | Art Direction |
| Sound | Antoine Archimbaud | Sound Designer |
| Directing | Jeff Musso | Director |
| Editing | Émilienne Nelissen | Editor |
| Art | Serge Piménoff | Art Direction |
| Writing | Liam O'Flaherty | Writer |
| Writing | Jeannine Delpech | Writer |
| Production | Jeff Musso | Producer |
| Camera | Curt Courant | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Charles Bauer | Director of Photography |