

90 minutes
9/16/1949
In 1825, Paul-Louis Courier, a Republican writer known for publishing pamphlets against the French monarchy, was killed in the farm where he had retired. Was it a political assassination or a vicious crime? Those who have known him loved him or hated him are interrogated by the police. Will the guilty person(s) be ferreted out?

Jacques Dumesnil
as Paul-Louis Courier

Claude Génia
as Herminie

Aimé Clariond
as Le marquis de Siblas

Pierre Renoir
as Le procureur

Alfred Adam
as Symphorien Dubois

Georges Grey
as Pierre Dubois

Pierre Palau
as Le juge d'instruction

Arthur Devère
as Frémont

Héléna Manson
as Michèle Frémont

Jacques Dufilho
as François Sovignant

René Génin
as Le maire d'Azay

Jean Vilar
as L'homme gris

Georges Bever
as Le maire de Luynes
Jean Marchan
as Guillaume

Albert Broquin
as Un paysan (uncredited)

Harry-Max
as (uncredited)

Julien Maffre
as Un paysan (uncredited)

Albert Malbert
as Un paysan (uncredited)

Henri Niel
as L'aubergiste (uncredited)

Marcel Pérès
as Coupeau (uncredited)