PIERRE FRESNAY as the French Dick who knew all the answers in a Merry Murder Mystery.
A serial killer by the name of Monsieur Durand stalks the streets of Paris. When Inspector Wens learns that the killer stays at a Paris boarding house, he gets a room there to keep watch.
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Pierre Fresnay Suzy Delair Jean Tissier Pierre Larquey Noël Roquevert Odette Talazac Marc Natol Louis Florencie André Gabriello Raymond Bussières Huguette Vivier Maximilienne Antoine Balpêtré Léon Belières René Génin Jean Despeaux Sylvette Saugé René Blancard Daniel Gélin Paul Barge Lucien Blondeau Geo Forster Gustave Gallet Léon Larive Albert Malbert Maurice Marceau Marcel Pérès Martial Rèbe Maurice Salabert Guy Sloux Evelyne Séjourné André Varennes Henri Vilbert
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