Eight Men in a Castle

Eight Men in a Castle (1942)

CrimeDrama

The Paladines write crime novels together. In a cinema, they happen to see a report on the consequences of a shipwreck in which Lieutenant Dupuis tells about the death of an old man in the lifeboat carrying the survivors. Husband and wife agree that this could be the starting point of a new story and go and see Dupuis to get more details about the drama. When they come to his hotel Dupuis is dead with a bullet in his head. Police characterizes the death as suicide but Paladine has found a train ticket in the dead man's pocket. With his wife he takes the train to the specified destination, somewhere in the provinces...

Director: Richard Pottier
Writers: Jean Aurenche, Jean-Paul Le Chanois.

Casts

	René Dary as Mr. Paladine
	Jacqueline Gauthier as Mrs. Paladine
	Louis Salou as Mr. Delaunay
	Aline Carola as Hélène de Chanceau
	Georges Grey as Alain
	Roger Champi as Firmin
	Jean Meyer as Notary's nephew
	Jean Daurand as Acrobat
	Colette Régis as Mrs. de Chanceau
	André Carnège as Investigating judge
	Pierre Palau as Notary
	Maurice Pierrat as Maître d'hôtel
	Charles Lemontier as Cook
	Jean Morel as Commander Dupuis
	Gabrielle Fontan as Innkeeper
	Eugène Frouhins as Gardener
	Georges Vasty as Inspector
	Robert Arpin as Ship's boy
	Georges Grey as Alain Severac
	Champi as Firmin (uncredited)
	Hélène de Verneuil as Lady at the spectacle (uncredited)
	Jacques Dubuis as (uncredited)
	Maxime Fabert as Drunk (uncredited)
	Julienne Paroli as (uncredited)
	Pierre Réal as (uncredited)

Crew