The read
It runs a compact 1h 30m.
Synopsis
Claude Géraudy, a banker responsible for a financial scandal, is forced to flee and hides in the mountains with the help of Manu, a young smuggler. Florence, his wife, refuses to join him. Desperate Claude commits suicide, Florence then decides to pass her suicide off as murder in order to receive her late husband's life insurance.
Ratings
IMDb6.1/10
8 audience votes
Key crew
- André CayatteScreenplay
- André CayatteDirector
Cast
- Madeleine SologneFlorence Géraudy
- Serge ReggianiManu
- Paul MeurisseInspector Nansen
- Enrico GloriClaude Géraudy
- René BourbonDoctor Pierre
- Léonce CorneJudge
- Paul FaivreMayor
- André CarnègeWelford
- Gabrielle FontanFlorence's mother
- René BlancardBrigadier
- Paul DemangeAnnouncer
- Édouard DelmontInnkeeper
Themes
banker