The Murderer Lives at Number 21

The Murderer Lives at Number 21

84 mins | Crime, Comedy, Thriller, Mystery | Aug. 7, 1942

Inspector Wens moves into a Paris boarding house to catch a serial killer.

The Murderer Lives at Number 21

84 mins | Crime, Comedy, Thriller, Mystery | Aug. 7, 1942

The Murderer Lives at Number 21
Inspector Wens moves into a Paris boarding house to catch a serial killer.
IMDb rating 7.3
Producers Continental Films, Liote, Films Sonores Tobis
Original title L'assassin habite au 21
Directors Henri-Georges Clouzot
Writers Stanislas-André Steeman, Henri-Georges Clouzot

Cast

Pierre Fresnay

as L'inspecteur Wenceslas Wens

Suzy Delair

as Mila Malou - la maîtresse tapageuse de Wens

Jean Tissier

as Triquet, aka professeur Lalah-Poor

Pierre Larquey

as Collin, le petit artisan

Noël Roquevert

as le docteur Théodore Linz, de la coloniale

Odette Talazac

as Mme Point, gérante de la pension

Marc Natol

as Armand, valet de chambre de la pension de famille

Louis Florencie

as le commissaire Monet, le supérieur de Wens

André Gabriello

as Pussot, agent de police qui arrête Turlot

Raymond Bussières

as Jean-Baptiste Turlot, le brocanteur

Huguette Vivier

as Vania, l'infirmière de Kid Robert

Maximilienne

as Mlle Cuq, la romancière, vivant dans la pension

Antoine Balpêtré

as Albert, le ministre de l'Intérieur

Léon Belières

as L'impresario

René Génin

as Alfred, the drunkard

Jean Despeaux

as Kid Robert

Sylvette Saugé

as Christiane Perret

René Blancard

as Picard (uncredited)

Daniel Gélin

as (uncredited)

Paul Barge

as The waiter (uncredited)

Lucien Blondeau

as Edouard, the prefect of police (uncredited)

Geo Forster

as (uncredited)

Gustave Gallet

as The director of the P. J. (uncredited)

Léon Larive

as The owner of the bistro (uncredited)

Albert Malbert

as The taxi driver (uncredited)

Maurice Marceau

as The guy from the cafe (uncredited)

Marcel Pérès

as Inspector Ballandieu (uncredited)

Martial Rèbe

as The cashier (uncredited)

Maurice Salabert

as An agent (uncredited)

Guy Sloux

as Journalist Bob Destirac (uncredited)

Evelyne Séjourné

as Juliette (uncredited)

André Varennes

as The brigadier (uncredited)

Henri Vilbert

as An agent (uncredited)