The Bellman

Dec 4, 1945

1h 40m

★ 6.7

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Crime

Horror

Production Companies

Moulin D'Or

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Cast

The Bellman, Jean-Baptiste

Lucien Coëdel

Fabret, his friend

Fernand Ledoux

Catherine Fabret

Renée Faure

Pierre

Roger Pigaut

Marthe

Madeleine Robinson

The Innkeeper (Marthe's father)

Pierre Labry

The Brigadier of the Gendarmerie

Georges Tourreil

Marie-Thérèse, the old woman

Sinoël

Inn Patron "Not From These Parts"

Léonce Corne

Inn Patron with Dark Black Hair and Mustache

Marcel Pérès

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