The Bellman

The bell ringer at a way station in the French Alps, murders a passing horse trader with a thrown rock and relieves him of his bankroll, in order to bribe the daughter of his only friend, a head injury victim considered the village simpleton, into marrying him, despite her love for a lowly woodsman who is, in turn, being cajoled into marriage by the daughter of the wealthy innkeeper.

• Christian-JaqueDirector
• Jacques PrévertWriter

• Lucien CoëdelThe Bellman, Jean-Baptiste
• Fernand LedouxFabret, his friend
• Renée FaureCatherine Fabret
• Roger PigautPierre
• Madeleine RobinsonMarthe
• Pierre LabryThe Innkeeper (Marthe's father)
• Georges TourreilThe Brigadier of the Gendarmerie
• SinoëlMarie-Thérèse, the old woman
• Léonce CorneInn Patron "Not From These Parts"
• Marcel PérèsInn Patron with Dark Black Hair and Mustache
• Les Danseurs du Massif CentralThe Festival Dance Villagers
• Le Cheval Caïd de la Cavalerie CarréThe Black Horse