Strangers in the House (1943)

  • NR
  • 06/10/1943 (DE)
  • Drama, Crime, Mystery
  • 1h 35m

Overview

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.

Henri Decoin

Director

Georges Simenon

Novel

Henri-Georges Clouzot

Screenplay

Cast

Raimu's headshot

Raimu

Maître Hector Loursat
Juliette Faber's headshot

Juliette Faber

Nicole Loursat
Gabrielle Fontan's headshot

Gabrielle Fontan

Fine
Héléna Manson's headshot

Héléna Manson

Madame Manu
Tania Fédor's headshot

Tania Fédor

Madame Marthe Dossin
Marguerite Ducouret's headshot

Marguerite Ducouret

Angèle
Jean Tissier's headshot

Jean Tissier

Ducup
Jacques Baumer's headshot

Jacques Baumer

Maître Gérard Rogissart

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