Poison (1951)
Paul Braconnier and his wife Blandine only have one thing in mind: to find a way to kill each other without risk. After listening to a radio show, Paul decides to go to Paris to meet a famous lawyer in the acquittal of the murderers. He tells the lawyer that he killed his wife. The lawyer asks Paul to reconstruct the circumstances of the drama. Without knowing it, he explains, in spite of himself, the way for Paul to murder his wife by putting the odds on his side to avoid death penalty or even be released...
- Released
- 1951-11-30
- Genres
- Comedy
- Runtime
- 85 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Sacha Guitry
- TMDB rating
- 7.2/10 from 82 votes
Cast
- Michel Simon as Paul Louis Victor Braconnier
- Jean Debucourt as Maître Aubanel
- Jacques Varennes as Le procureur
- Germaine Reuver as Blandine Braconnier
- Marcelle Arnold as Germaine Chevillard
- Georges Bever as Mr Gaillard
- Nicolas Amato as Victor Boitevin
- Jeanne Fusier-Gir as Mme Tyberghen
- Pauline Carton as Mme Michaud
- Albert Duvaleix as L'abbé Méthivier
- Louis de Funès as André
- Henry Laverne as Le président