Meurtres ? (1950)
Une famille du midi de la France, les Annequin. Noël, viticulteur, vit sur sa terre avec sa femme, Isabelle. Ses frères, établis à Aix-en-Provence, le dédaignent, une fois devenus de grands bourgeois. L'aîné, Hervé, est avocat ; Blaise, le cadet, est chirurgien, bien intégré dans la grande bourgeoisie locale. Isabelle, atteinte d'un cancer, supplie son mari de la tuer pour abréger ses souffrances. Noël s'exécute, la mort dans l'âme. Son acte accompli, il va s'en expliquer à ses frères. Par crainte du scandale, ceux-ci tentent d'étouffer l'affaire. Mais des lettres anonymes parviennent au procureur et Noël décide de se constituer prisonnier. Seule Martine, la fille de Blaise, juge avec sévérité l'égoïsme des siens et compatit à son drame. La famille veut plaider l'irresponsabilité et faire enfermer Noël pour maladie mentale. Un psychiatre se prête à la manœuvre...
Directeur:
Richard Pottier
écrivains:
Charles Plisnier, Maurice Barry.
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Fernandel as Noël Annequin |
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Mireille Perrey as Blanche Annequin |
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Jeanne Moreau as Martine Annequin |
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Jacques Varennes as Hervé Annequin |
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Colette Mareuil as Lola Annequin |
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Philippe Nicaud as José Annequin |
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Georges Chamarat as Judge Pierregot |
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Line Noro as Isabelle Annequin |
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Germaine Kerjean as Madame Frangier |
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André Carnège as The prosecutor |
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Yvonne Hébert as Madame De Marcielle |
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Fernand Sardou as The mechanic |
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Marthe Marty as The mechanic's wife |
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Edmond Beauchamp as Professor Le Gossec |
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Henri Arius as A friend |
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Jacques Berlioz as The Director of the asylum |
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Raymond Souplex as Blaise Annequin |
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Jacques Beauvais as A butler (uncredited) |
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Bréols as The salesman at the newsstand (uncredited) |
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Frédéric Mariotti as A nurse (uncredited) |
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Laure Paillette as Blaise and Blanche's Maid (uncredited) |
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Jacqueline Pierreux as Irène (uncredited) |
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Jackie Sardou as A friend (uncredited) |
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Jean Sylvain as A butler (uncredited) |
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Henri Vilbert as Doctor Marcel Picard (uncredited) |
| Writing | Charles Plisnier | Novel |
| Writing | Charles Plisnier | Screenplay |
| Writing | Maurice Barry | Screenplay |
| Writing | Henri Jeanson | Dialogue |
| Production | Jacques Bar | Producer |
| Production | Walter Rupp | Producer |
| Sound | Raymond Legrand | Music |
| Camera | André Germain | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Hélène Battini | Editor |
| Art | Paul-Louis Boutié | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Hagop Arakelian | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Constantin Evangelou | Sound |
| Directing | Madeleine Lefèvre | Script Supervisor |
| Directing | Richard Pottier | Director |
| Production | Albert Brachet | Unit Manager |
| Production | Georges Fluet | Unit Manager |
| Production | Louis Manella | Unit Manager |
| Production | Walter Rupp | Production Manager |
| Directing | Jean Valère | Assistant Director |
| Art | Robert André | Assistant Decorator |
| Art | Raymond Roz | Assistant Decorator |
| Camera | Jean Bouvet | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Michel Bouyer | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Igor Kalinine | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Walter Wottitz | Camera Operator |
| Production | Marguerite Chevalier | Production Secretary |