Eight Men in a Castle (1942)

ALL 12/09/1942 (fr) Crime, Drama 93 Min
  • Release
    12/09/1942
  • Production
    La Société des Films Sirius
  • Rotten tomato
    0%
  • Original title
    Huit hommes dans un château
  • Original language
    fr
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

Overview

The Paladines write crime novels together. In a cinema, they happen to see a report on the consequences of a shipwreck in which Lieutenant Dupuis tells about the death of an old man in the lifeboat carrying the survivors. Husband and wife agree that this could be the starting point of a new story and go and see Dupuis to get more details about the drama. When they come to his hotel Dupuis is dead with a bullet in his head. Police characterizes the death as suicide but Paladine has found a train ticket in the dead man's pocket. With his wife he takes the train to the specified destination, somewhere in the provinces...

  1. Richard Pottier

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Lucien Masson

    Producer



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Casts

  1. René Dary

    Mr. Paladine

  2. Jacqueline Gauthier

    Mrs. Paladine

  3. Louis Salou

    Mr. Delaunay

  4. Aline Carola

    Hélène de Chanceau

  5. Georges Grey

    Alain

  6. Roger Champi

    Firmin

  7. Jean Meyer

    Notary's nephew

  8. Jean Daurand

    Acrobat

  9. Colette Régis

    Mrs. de Chanceau

  10. André Carnège

    Investigating judge

  11. Pierre Palau

    Notary

  12. Maurice Pierrat

    Maître d'hôtel

  13. Charles Lemontier

    Cook

  14. Jean Morel

    Commander Dupuis

  15. Gabrielle Fontan

    Innkeeper

  16. Eugène Frouhins

    Gardener

  17. Georges Vasty

    Inspector

  18. Robert Arpin

    Ship's boy

  19. Georges Grey

    Alain Severac

  20. Champi

    Firmin (uncredited)

  21. Hélène de Verneuil

    Lady at the spectacle (uncredited)

  22. Jacques Dubuis

    (uncredited)

  23. Maxime Fabert

    Drunk (uncredited)

  24. Julienne Paroli

    (uncredited)

  25. Pierre Réal

    (uncredited)

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 25 , Crews : 11

Keyword

Eight Men in a Castle (1942) 93 Min

ALL 12/09/1942 (fr)
Crime, Drama
  • Release 12/09/1942
  • Production
    La Société des Films Sirius
  • Original title Huit hommes dans un château
  • fr
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

The Paladines write crime novels together. In a cinema, they happen to see a report on the consequences of a shipwreck in which Lieutenant Dupuis tells about the death of an old man in the lifeboat carrying the survivors. Husband and wife agree that this could be the starting point of a new story and go and see Dupuis to get more details about the drama. When they come to his hotel Dupuis is dead with a bullet in his head. Police characterizes the death as suicide but Paladine has found a train ticket in the dead man's pocket. With his wife he takes the train to the specified destination, somewhere in the provinces...

  1. Richard Pottier

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Germaine Fouquet

    Editor

  4. Lucien Masson

    Producer