The Wretches

The Wretches (1960)

Drama

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.

Casts

	Michèle Morgan as Thelma Rooland
	Robert Hossein as Jess Rooland
	Olivier Hussenot as Arthur Martin
	Jacqueline Morane as Adeline Martin
	Perrette Pradier as Louise Martin
	Paul Bisciglia as
	Barbara Brandt as
	Ivan Dominique as
	Jacqueline Fontel as
	Cady Muller as
	Roland Monk as
	Kate Noelle as
	Donald O'Brien as
	Robert Porte as
	Pierre Roussel as
	Alice Sapritch as Guest complimenting Thelma
	Lucas Stanley as
	Joan Tyson as
	Van Wayne as
	Ingrid Weiss as
	Frank Latimore as Ted
	Georges Ivanov as Commentator (voice)

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