6.3
Summary
A Dutch company's owner bankrupts his own company, burns the incriminating ledgers and plans to run to Paris with the company funds but he is caught in the act by his accountant who challenges his actions, leading to a reversal of roles.
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- Thought-provoking
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Cast
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Claude RainsKees Popinga
Marius GoringInspector Lucas
Märta TorénMichele Rozier
Anouk AiméeJeanne
Herbert LomJulius de Koster, Jr.
Lucie MannheimMaria Popinga
Felix AylmerMerkemans
Ferdy MayneLouis
Eric PohlmannGoin
Michael NightingaleClerk
Gibb McLaughlinJulius de Koster Snr.
Roy PurcellPierre
MacDonald ParkeAmerican Businessman
Mary MackenzieMadame Lucas
Pat RyanJoie de Vivre Patron (uncredited)
Crew
- Directed by
- Harold French
- Written by
- Paul Jarrico, Harold French, Georges Simenon
- Produced by
- Josef Shaftel, Raymond Stross
- Music by
- Benjamin Frankel
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Facts
December 1, 1952 · 1 h 22 min · NR
- Released
- December 1, 1952
- Runtime
- 1 h 22 min
- Age rating
- NR
- Content
- Violence
- Genres
- Crime, Drama
- Original language
- English
- Made in
- United Kingdom
- Available in
- 139 countries