Les Violents

Les Violents (1958)

Mystery

Pierre Tercelin who used to be a prosperous industrialist is now ruined and embittered, having become a mere lock keeper. A widower, he lives with his daughter Evelyne, a music-hall dancer. Claiming he is being persecuted by his cousin Edgar he gets in touch again with another cousin of his he hates, Bernard, a millionaire gun runner,who is also a victim of Edgar. It must be said that both Pierre and Bernard once caused Edgar to go bankrupt... Pierre offers Bernard to join efforts against Edgar. Soon after, Bernard dies of poison, which is only the first of a series of acts of violence. Tiercelin is shot at while going back home, Bernard's son is gunned down while his sister Luciane disappears. Chief-inspector Malouvier - who oddly enough looks very much like the suspect- investigates....

Director: Henri Calef
Writer: Henri Calef

Casts

	Paul Meurisse as Principal Inspector Malouvier
	Françoise Fabian as Evelyne Tiercelin
	Fernand Ledoux as Pierre Tiercelin
	Béatrice Altariba as Lisiane Chartrain
	Jean Meyer as Eugène Gallois
	Marie-Hélène Astier as
	Paul Guers as Philippe de Coppet
	Louis Arbessier as Me Rodier
	Daniel Clérice as Léo Geens / Pierrot
	Mag-Avril as
	Daniel Mendaille as Boss of the bistro
	Jean Droze as Julien
	Alain Quercy as Bernard Chartrain, son
	André Dumas as
	Jean-Jacques Lécot as
	Valérie Vivin as
	Jacques Malherbe as
	Michel Karlof as
	Georges Demas as Policeman
	Dominique Chardin as Marianne Verdier
	Jean Brochard as Bernard Chartrain
	Junie Astor as Irène Raalten
	René Havard as Inspector Damien
	Louis Saintève as Notary's clerk (uncredited)

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