Poison

Poison

85 mins | Comedy | Nov. 30, 1951

Paul Braconnier and his wife Blandine only have one thing in mind: to find a way to kill each other without risk. After listening to a radio show, Paul decides to go to Paris to meet a famous lawyer in the acquittal of the murderers. He tells the lawyer that he killed his wife. The lawyer asks Paul to reconstruct the circumstances of the drama. Without knowing it, he explains, in spite of himself, the way for Paul to murder his wife by putting the odds on his side to avoid death penalty or even be released...

Poison

85 mins | Comedy | Nov. 30, 1951

Poison
Paul Braconnier and his wife Blandine only have one thing in mind: to find a way to kill each other without risk. After listening to a radio show, Paul decides to go to Paris to meet a famous lawyer in the acquittal of the murderers. He tells the lawyer that he killed his wife. The lawyer asks Paul to reconstruct the circumstances of the drama. Without knowing it, he explains, in spite of himself, the way for Paul to murder his wife by putting the odds on his side to avoid death penalty or even be released...
IMDb rating 7.4
Producers Gaumont
Original title La poison
Directors François Gir, Sacha Guitry
Writers Sacha Guitry

Cast

Michel Simon

as Paul Louis Victor Braconnier

Jean Debucourt

as Maître Aubanel

Jacques Varennes

as Le procureur

Germaine Reuver

as Blandine Braconnier

Marcelle Arnold

as Germaine Chevillard / Germaine (uncredited)

Georges Bever

as Mr Gaillard / Le pharmacien (uncredited)

Nicolas Amato

as Victor Boitevin / Victor

Jeanne Fusier-Gir

as Mme Tyberghen

Pauline Carton

as Mme Michaud

Albert Duvaleix

as L'abbé Méthivier

Louis de Funès

as André

Henry Laverne

as Le président

Jacques de Féraudy

as Jean Brun

Jacques Derives

as Jules

Luce Fabiole

as Amélie, la servante du curé

Yvonne Hébert

as Julie

Roger Poirier

as Un geôlier

André Dalibert

as Le gendarme

Max Dejean

as L'épicier

Michel Nastorg

as Le brigadier

Louis Eymond

as Le secrétaire

Suzanne Dantès

as (voice)

Jacques Morel

as (voice)

Thérèse Quantin

as Marthe

Maurice Pierrat

as (voice)

Marc Arian

as Le greffier du tribunal (uncredited)

Jean Bachelet

as Self (uncredited)

Henri Belly

as Un voisin (uncredited)

Robert Dumesnil

as Self (uncredited)

Maria Fromet

as Mlle. Aubanel (uncredited)

François Gir

as Self (uncredited)

Harry-Max

as Henri (uncredited)

Claude Jacomet

as Un gamin (uncredited)

Fernand Janisse

as Self (uncredited)

Raymond Lamy

as Self (uncredited)

Odette Lemarchand

as Self (uncredited)

Guy Lenoir

as Un gamin (uncredited)

Louiguy

as Self (uncredited)

Alain Malloire

as Un gamin (uncredited)

Michel Malloire

as Un gamin (uncredited)

Yannick Malloire

as La petite fille (uncredited)

Robert Mercier

as Gandin (uncredited)

Émile Riandreys

as Un geôlier (uncredited)

René Ribault

as Self (uncredited)

Marthe Sarbel

as Ernestine (uncredited)

Robert Sussfeld

as Self (uncredited)

Maurice Teynac

as Un avocat (uncredited)

Jimmy Urbain

as Un gamin (uncredited)

Léon Walther

as L'avocat général (uncredited)