The Wretches (1960)
Meant to be a psychological study of a dysfunctional couple and an equally unbalanced maid, this slow-paced, murky melodrama stars Michele Morgan and Robert Hossein as Thelma and Jess, two Americans who move into a down-at-the-heels Paris neighborhood. The couple is still suffering from the loss of their only son in an automobile accident that happened some time in the distant past. Thelma tends to drown her sorrows in alcohol, while Jess is introspected and morose. After they hire a maid to help out with the housework, she falls for the taciturn Jess. Her interest seems to be only a simple attraction, yet appearances, as it turns out, are deceiving.
Director:
Robert Hossein
Writers:
Robert Hossein, Frédéric Dard.
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Michèle Morgan as Thelma Rooland |
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Robert Hossein as Jess Rooland |
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Olivier Hussenot as Arthur Martin |
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Jacqueline Morane as Adeline Martin |
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Perrette Pradier as Louise Martin |
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Paul Bisciglia as |
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Barbara Brandt as |
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Ivan Dominique as |
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Jacqueline Fontel as |
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Cady Muller as |
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Roland Monk as |
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Kate Noelle as |
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Donald O'Brien as |
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Robert Porte as |
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Pierre Roussel as |
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Alice Sapritch as Guest complimenting Thelma |
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Lucas Stanley as |
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Joan Tyson as |
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Van Wayne as |
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Ingrid Weiss as |
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Frank Latimore as Ted |
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Georges Ivanov as Commentator (voice) |
| Directing | Robert Hossein | Director |
| Writing | Frédéric Dard | Novel |
| Writing | Robert Hossein | Screenplay |
| Camera | Jacques Robin | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Louisette Hautecœur | Editor |
| Art | Bernard Evein | Production Design |
| Art | Jacques Saulnier | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Anatole Paris | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Antoine Archimbaud | Sound |
| Production | Ludmilla Goulian | Production Manager |
| Writing | Frédéric Dard | Dialogue |
| Sound | André Hossein | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Simone Knapp | Hairstylist |
| Writing | Frédéric Dard | Screenplay |