Movielogr

movie poster

View on: IMDb | TMDb

Strangers in the House (1942)

Directed by Henri Decoin

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.

Length 95 minutes

Actors

Raimu | Juliette Faber | Gabrielle Fontan | Héléna Manson | Tania Fédor | Marguerite Ducouret | Jean Tissier | Jacques Baumer | Noël Roquevert | André Reybaz | Jacques Grétillat | Lucien Coëdel | Marc Doelnitz | Jacques Denoël | Pierre Ringel | Marcel Mouloudji | Raymond Cordy | Paul Barge | Lucien Bryonne | Martine Carol | Jacques Courtin | Raymond Dardelin | Henri de Livry | Max Delty | Arthur Devère | Lise Donat | Paul Faivre | Fernand Flament | Pierre Fresnay | Georges Gosset | Daniel Gélin | Langlois | Marcel Lestan | Yette Lucas | Franck Maurice | Bernard Noël | Jean Négroni | Claire Olivier | Max Revor | Henri Roy | Maurice Salabert | Yvonne Scheffer | Simone Sylvestre | Génia Vaury | Charles Vissières