Serenade to the Executioner (1951)
Schomberg, an enigmatic psychiatrist runs a nursing home. He is forced to close his clinic and disappear to escape the police. But he wants revenge on his wife's lover, Didier Laurent, a former RAF fighter pilot. Didier meets a young trapeze artist, Paula, with whom he falls in love. The happiness of the two young people is disturbed by the assassination of Irene, strangled by Schomberg who casts suspicion on Didier. Fortunately for them Commissioner Ulysses knows the truth and forces Schomberg to commit suicide.
Director: Jean Stelli
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Paul Meurisse as |
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Tilda Thamar as |
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Antonin Berval as |
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Julien Bertheau as |
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Solange Varenne as |
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Henry Murray as |
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Jean Pignol as |
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Lucien Hector as |
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Lisa Dorel as |
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Jacques Bougheriou as |
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Gérard Landry as |
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Véra Norman as |
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Alfred Arlais as |
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Henri Cote as |
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Claire Genet as |
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Marcel Melrac as |
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Jacques Ory as |
| Directing | Jean Stelli | Director |