When You Read This Letter (1953)
After a novice nun learns of the sudden death of her parents, she leaves the convent to manage the family business and look after her teenage sister. Both of them fall prey to a womanizing mechanic with psychopathic tendencies.
Director: Jean-Pierre Melville
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Philippe Lemaire as Max Trivet |
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Juliette Gréco as Thérèse Voise |
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Daniel Cauchy as Biquet |
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Irène Galter as Denise Voise |
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Yvonne Sanson as Irène Faugeret |
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Yvonne de Bray as Traveler |
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Jacques Deval as Investigating judge |
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Roland Lesaffre as Roland |
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Colette Régis as Superior |
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Marcel Delaître as Grandfather |
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Robert Dalban as Dick |
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Fernand Sardou as Mechanic |
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Claude Borelli as Lola |
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Jane Morlet as Grandmother |
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Suzy Willy as Mrs. Gobert |
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Claude Hennesy as |
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Robert Hébert as |
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Louis Pérault as Doorman |
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Philippe Richard as |
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Léon Larive as Clerk |
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Colette Fleury as |
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Jean-Marie Robain as |
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Suzanne Hédouin as |
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Marcel Arnal as |
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Alain Nobis as |
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Adeline Aucoc as |
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Louise Nowa as |
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Mel Martin as Dancer |
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Françoise Alban as (uncredited) |
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Lucienne Juillet as (uncredited) |
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Paul Temps as (uncredited) |
| Directing | Jean-Pierre Melville | Director |
| Camera | Henri Alekan | Director of Photography |
| Production | Jean-Pierre Melville | Producer |
| Production | Paul Temps | Producer |
| Editing | Marinette Cadix | Editor |
| Writing | Jacques Deval | Writer |
| Art | Robert Gys | Production Design |
| Sound | Julien Coutelier | Sound |
| Costume & Make-Up | Janine Jarreau | Makeup Artist |
| Camera | Henri Tiquet | Camera Operator |
| Directing | Dagmar Bolin | Script Supervisor |
| Directing | Pierre Blondy | Assistant Director |
| Sound | Bernard Peiffer | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Yannick Andrei | Assistant Director |