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A Balasaur Score of 83 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.9/10, Rotten Tomatoes 100%. Critics rate it 21 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 89% of the 412 1940s drama movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
Proud, eccentric, and antisocial, Monsieur Hire has always kept to himself. But after a woman turns up dead in the Paris suburb where he lives, he feels drawn to a pretty young newcomer to town and discovers that his neighbors are only too ready to suspect the worst of him.
Ratings
IMDb7.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes100%
Critics rate it 21 points higher than audiences do.
93 audience votes
Key crew
- Julien DuvivierDirector
- Charles SpaakScreenplay
- Julien DuvivierScreenplay
- Jean WienerOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Michel SimonMonsieur Hire
- Viviane RomanceAlice
- Paul BernardAlfred
- Charles DoratMichelet, le secrétaire du commissaire
- Lucas GridouxMr Fortin, le pharmacien
- Lita RecioViviane
- Max DalbanCapoulade
- Émile DrainMonsieur Breteuil dit le petit caporal
- Guy FavièresMonsieur Sauvage
- Louis FlorencieL'inspecteur Marcelin
- Charles DoratL'nspecteur Michelet
- Marcel PérèsCermanutti
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Themes
film noirlynch mob