Murders (French: Meurtres) is a 1950 French drama film directed by Richard Pottier and starring Fernandel, Mireille Perrey and Jacques Varennes.Oscherwitz & Higgins p.163Crisp p.208 The film is adapted from a series of five novels by Belgian writer Charles Plisnier, published between 1939 and 1941. It marked a rare dramatic role for the comedian Fernandel. It was shot at the Neuilly Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Paul-Louis Boutié. The title is also written as Murders? (French: Meurtres?).
Cast Fernandel as Noël Annequin Mireille Perrey as Blanche Annequin Jacques Varennes as Hervé Annequin Colette Mareuil as Lola Annequin Jeanne Moreau as Martine Annequin Philippe Nicaud as José Annequin Georges Chamarat as Le Juge Pierregot Line Noro as Isabelle Annequin Germaine Kerjean as Madame Frangier André Carnège as Le procureur Yvonne Hébert as Madame De Marcielle Fernand Sardou as Le garagiste Marthe Marty as La Femme du garagiste Edmond Beauchamp as Le professeur Le Gossec Henri Arius as Un ami Jacques Berlioz as Le directeur de l'asile Raymond Souplex as Blaise Annequin Jacques Beauvais as Un maître d'hôtel Frédéric Mariotti as Un infirmier Laure Paillette as La domestique de Blaise et Blanche Jacqueline Pierreux as Irène
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Bibliography Bessy, Maurice & Chirat, Raymond. Histoire du cinéma français: encyclopédie des films, 1940–1950. Pygmalion, 1986 Crisp, Colin. French Cinema–A Critical Filmography: Volume 2, 1940–1958. Indiana University Press, 2015. Oscherwitz, Dayna & Higgins, MaryEllen . The A to Z of French Cinema. Scarecrow Press, 2009. Rège, Philippe. Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
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