About this release
Hier avocat célèbre, maître Hector Loursat de Saint-Mars vit retiré dans sa vaste demeure et a sombré dans l’alcoolisme. Abandonné par son épouse, il ne s’est pas occupé de sa fille, Nicole. Une nuit, une détonation retentit dans la maison. Hector voit une ombre s’enfuir et découvre le cadavre d’un homme dans son grenier. La victime est un repris de justice du nom de Gros-Louis. Nicole et les jeunes gens qu’elle fréquente sont interrogés par les enquêteurs…
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Disc 1
DVD
Strangers in the House (1942)
95 min
MysteryCrimeDrama
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.
Credits
Director
Henri Decoin
Writer
Henri-Georges Clouzot
Cast
Raimuas Maître Hector Loursat
Juliette Faberas Nicole Loursat
Gabrielle Fontanas Fine
Héléna Mansonas Madame Manu
Tania Fédoras Madame Marthe Dossin
Marguerite Ducouretas Angèle
Jean Tissieras Ducup
Jacques Baumeras Maître Gérard Rogissart
Noël Roquevertas Le commissaire Binet
André Reybazas Émile Manu
Cinematographer
Jules Kruger
Composer
Roland Manuel
Editor
Marguerite Beaugé
Producer
Alfred Greven
Images
Release Details
- Packaging
- Keep Case
Catalogue Info
- Added by
- Matthew Simpson
- Date added
- July 27, 2026