The Bellman
1945The 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.
Acted in
Lucien Coëdel
as The Bellman, Jean-Baptiste
Fernand Ledoux
as Fabret, his friend
Renée Faure
as Catherine Fabret
Roger Pigaut
as Pierre
Madeleine Robinson
as Marthe
Pierre Labry
as The Innkeeper (Marthe's father)
Georges Tourreil
as The Brigadier of the Gendarmerie
Sinoël
as Marie-Thérèse, the old woman
Léonce Corne
as Inn Patron "Not From These Parts"
Marcel Pérès
as Inn Patron with Dark Black Hair and Mustache
Les Danseurs du Massif Central
as The Festival Dance Villagers
Le Cheval Caïd de la Cavalerie Carré
as The Black Horse
Jacques Butin
as Le gendarme
Léon Larive
as Un villageois
Michel Piccoli
as Un villageois