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Strangers in the House
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Title: Strangers in the House

Release Date: 16 May 1942

Runtime: 1h 35m

Genre: Drama, Crime, Mystery

Director: Continental Films

Production Companies: Continental Films

Overview: Loursat, a lawyer, lives with his daughter Nicole in a sinister and vast bourgeois residence. Abandoned for nearly twenty years by his wife, the brilliant lawyer has sunk into alcoholism and his relationship with his daughter is virtually non-existent. However, one day the corpse of a stranger is discovered in the residence of Loursat. Nicole, who frequents a gang of young people who escape boredom by stealing cars and other objects, is immediately suspected.

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Average Vote: 7 (18 votes)

Cast

  • Maître Hector Loursat: Raimu
  • Nicole Loursat: Juliette Faber
  • Fine: Gabrielle Fontan
  • Madame Manu: Héléna Manson
  • Madame Marthe Dossin: Tania Fédor
  • Angèle: Marguerite Ducouret
  • Ducup: Jean Tissier
  • Maître Gérard Rogissart: Jacques Baumer
  • Le commissaire Binet: Noël Roquevert
  • Émile Manu: André Reybaz
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