Les inconnus dans la maison

The once famous lawyer, Loursat turned to drink when his wife left him, nearly twenty years earlier. He lives as a recluse in a vast bourgeois residence with Nicole, his daughter, raised without affection. One night, he discovers a body in the loft. Nicole and her friends are questioned...

Directed by: Henri Decoin (France, 1941, black and white)
Adaptation, dialogues : Henri-Georges Clouzot
Cast: Raimu (Jacques Loursat), Juliette Faber (Nicole Loursat), Gabrielle Fontan (Fine), Hélèna Manson (Mme Manu), Tania Fedor (Marthe Dossin), Marguerite Ducouret (Angèle), Jean Tissier (Ducup), Jacques Baumer (Rogissart), Noël Roquevert (Bibet)
Genre: drama