The Bellman

    The Bellman
    1945

    Synopsis

    The bell ringer at a way station in the French Alps, murders a passing horse trader with a thrown rock and relieves him of his bankroll, in order to bribe the daughter of his only friend, a head injury victim considered the village simpleton, into marrying him, despite her love for a lowly woodsman who is, in turn, being cajoled into marriage by the daughter of the wealthy innkeeper.

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    Cast

    • Lucien CoëdelThe Bellman, Jean-Baptiste
    • Fernand LedouxFabret, his friend
    • Renée FaureCatherine Fabret
    • Roger PigautPierre
    • Madeleine RobinsonMarthe
    • Pierre LabryThe Innkeeper (Marthe's father)
    • Georges TourreilThe Brigadier of the Gendarmerie
    • SinoëlMarie-Thérèse, the old woman
    • Léonce CorneInn Patron "Not From These Parts"
    • Marcel PérèsInn Patron with Dark Black Hair and Mustache

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