The Bellman
04/12/1945
2h



The bell ringer at a way station in the French Alps, murders a passing horse trader with a thrown rock and relieves him of his bankroll, in order to bribe the daughter of his only friend, a head injury victim considered the village simpleton, into marrying him, despite her love for a lowly woodsman who is, in turn, being cajoled into marriage by the daughter of the wealthy innkeeper.
Cast


Lucien Coëdel
The Bellman, Jean-Baptiste


Fernand Ledoux
Fabret, his friend


Renée Faure
Catherine Fabret


Roger Pigaut
Pierre


Madeleine Robinson
Marthe


Pierre Labry
The Innkeeper (Marthe's father)


Georges Tourreil
The Brigadier of the Gendarmerie


Sinoël
Marie-Thérèse, the old woman


Léonce Corne
Inn Patron "Not From These Parts"


Marcel Pérès
Inn Patron with Dark Black Hair and Mustache
Les Danseurs du Massif Central
The Festival Dance Villagers
Le Cheval Caïd de la Cavalerie Carré
The Black Horse


Jacques Butin
Le gendarme


Léon Larive
Un villageois


Michel Piccoli
Un villageois
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