Bizarre, Bizarre
Appearance
Bizarre, Bizarre | |
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Directed by | Marcel Carné |
Written by | J. Storer Clouston (novel) Jacques Prévert (adaptation) |
Produced by | Edouard Corniglion-Molinier |
Starring | Louis Jouvet Françoise Rosay Michel Simon |
Cinematography | Eugen Schüfftan |
Edited by | Marthe Poncin |
Music by | Maurice Jaubert |
Distributed by | Pathé Consortium Cinéma |
Release date |
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Running time | 94 min. |
Country | France |
Language | French |
Bizarre, Bizarre (French: Drôle de drame) is a 1937 French comedy film directed by Marcel Carné.[1] It is based on the 1912 novel His First Offence by J. Storer Clouston.[2]
Plot
Botanist/famed undercover crime novelist Irwin Molyneux (Michel Simon) goes undercover after being accused of spousal homicide by his brother in law, bishop Soper (Louis Jouvet).
Cast
- Louis Jouvet as Archibald Soper
- Françoise Rosay as Margaret Molyneux
- Michel Simon as Irwin Molyneux, alias Felix Chapel
- Jean-Pierre Aumont as Billy
- Jean-Louis Barrault as William Kramps
- Nadine Vogel as Eva
- Pierre Alcover as L'inspecteur-chef Bray
- Henri Guisol as Buffington
References
- ^ "Drôle de drame / Bizarre, Bizarre". unifrance.org. Retrieved 2014-02-22.
- ^ Joseph Storer Clouston 1912 p. 320
Bibliography
- Clouston, Joseph Storer (1912). His First Offence. London: Mills & Boon.
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