The Man with a Cloak

Nov 27, 1951

1h 24m

★ 6.9

What strange hold did this man have over the lives of these two beautiful women ?

Overview

Set in 19th-century New York, this mystery begins when a Frenchwoman shows up at the home of one of Napoleon's former marshals. The alcoholic man is badly crippled and slowly dying, but this doesn't stop the forthright lady from pushing him to change his will to include his estranged grandson so that he can help out the struggling French Republic. Unfortunately, the dying man's conniving housekeeper and butler, already planning murder to get the money themselves, overhear her and begin plotting her demise.

Genres

Crime

Drama

Mystery

Thriller

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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Cast

Dupin

Joseph Cotten

Lorna Bounty

Barbara Stanwyck

Charles Theverner

Louis Calhern

Madeline Minot

Leslie Caron

Martin, the butler

Joe De Santis

Flaherty

Jim Backus

Mrs. Flynn, the housekeeper

Margaret Wycherly

Durand, the lawyer

Richard Hale

Dr. Roland

Nicholas Joy

Policeman

Roy Roberts

Zack, the waiter

Mitchell Lewis

Landlady

Jean Inness

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