Strangers in the House (1942)
Loursat, a lawyer, lives with his daughter Nicole in a sinister and vast bourgeois residence. Abandoned for nearly twenty years by his wife, the brilliant lawyer has sunk into alcoholism and his relationship with his daughter is virtually non-existent. However, one day the corpse of a stranger is discovered in the residence of Loursat. Nicole, who frequents a gang of young people who escape boredom by stealing cars and other objects, is immediately suspected.
- Released
- 1942-05-16
- Genres
- Drama, Crime, Mystery
- Runtime
- 95 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Henri Decoin, Henri-Georges Clouzot
- TMDB rating
- 7.0/10 from 22 votes
Cast
- Raimu as Maître Hector Loursat
- Juliette Faber as Nicole Loursat
- Gabrielle Fontan as Fine
- Héléna Manson as Madame Manu
- Tania Fédor as Madame Marthe Dossin
- Marguerite Ducouret as Angèle
- Jean Tissier as Ducup
- Jacques Baumer as Maître Gérard Rogissart
- Noël Roquevert as Le commissaire Binet
- André Reybaz as Émile Manu
- Jacques Grétillat as Le président du tribunal des assises
- Lucien Coëdel as Jo, le patron du "Boxing Bar"
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