Strangers in the House

Strangers in the House

95 mins | Drama, Crime, Mystery | May 16, 1942

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.

Strangers in the House

95 mins | Drama, Crime, Mystery | May 16, 1942

Strangers in the House
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.
IMDb rating 7.0
Producers Continental Films
Original title Les inconnus dans la maison
Directors Henri Decoin
Writers Georges Simenon, Henri-Georges Clouzot

Cast

Raimu

as Maître Hector Loursat

Juliette Faber

as Nicole Loursat

Héléna Manson

as Madame Manu

Tania Fédor

as Madame Marthe Dossin

Marguerite Ducouret

as Angèle

Jean Tissier

as Ducup

Jacques Baumer

as Maître Gérard Rogissart

Noël Roquevert

as Le commissaire Binet

André Reybaz

as Émile Manu

Jacques Grétillat

as Le président des Assises

Lucien Coëdel

as Jo, le patron du "Boxing Bar"

Marc Doelnitz

as Edmond Dossin (as Marc Dolnitz)

Jacques Denoël

as Marcel Destrivaux

Pierre Ringel

as Daillat

Marcel Mouloudji

as Ephraïm (Amédé) Luska (as Marcel Mouloudjy)

Raymond Cordy

as L'huissier aux Assises

Paul Barge

as Le gardien de prison (uncredited)

Lucien Bryonne

as Un policier chez Manu (uncredited)

Martine Carol

as Une spectatrice aux Assises (uncredited)

Jacques Courtin

as Un garde aux Assises (uncredited)

Raymond Dardelin

as Un garde aux Assises (uncredited)

Henri de Livry

as Monsieur Georges, le libraire (uncredited)

Max Delty

as Destrivaux père (uncredited)

Arthur Devère

as Le docteur (uncredited)

Lise Donat

as Adèle (uncredited)

Paul Faivre

as L'agent (uncredited)

Fernand Flament

as Un policier chez Manu (uncredited)

Pierre Fresnay

as Le narrateur (uncredited)

Georges Gosset

as (uncredited)

Daniel Gélin

as (uncredited)

Langlois

as L'oncle Daillat (uncredited)

Marcel Lestan

as Le gendarme (uncredited)

Yette Lucas

as Une mère au tribunal (uncredited)

Franck Maurice

as Un joueur de belote (uncredited)

Bernard Noël

as (uncredited)

Jean Négroni

as (uncredited)

Claire Olivier

as Madame Daillat (uncredited)

Max Revor

as Le greffier aux Assises (uncredited)

Henri Roy

as Daillat père (uncredited)

Maurice Salabert

as (uncredited)

Yvonne Scheffer

as La Gourde (uncredited)

Simone Sylvestre

as Une journaliste (uncredited)

Génia Vaury

as Madame Laurence Rogissart (uncredited)

Charles Vissières

as Le greffier de Ducup (uncredited)