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The Man in the Raincoat

QUELLE MADNESS! A triumph of simplicity over duplicity, under the deft direction of Julien Duvivier. A macabre comedy distilled in the cinema connoisseur's taste for the savory.
Feb 22, 1957 · 1h 46m
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Comedy
Mystery

PLOT

In the absence of his wife, a clarinet player is induced by a friend to meet a call girl, but arrived after a crime. Perceived by some people leaving the scene of the crime covered by his raincoat, he became the only suspect for the police. His only hope is to discover the murderer before is name is mentionned publicly, specially in front of his wife.

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CAST

Fernandel
Albert Constantin
Bernard Blier
Mr Raphaël, le maître chanteur
Jacques Duby
Maurice Langlois
Jean Rigaux
Émile Blondeau
Judith Magre
Éva
Pierre Spiers
Le chef d'orchestre
John McGiver
O'Brien
Armande Navarre
Esher
Directed by Julien Duvivier

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
FR
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Production
Abbey Films, Cité Films, Monica-Films
Country
FR

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