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Poison

70.66 %|Nov 30, 1951|Comedy

Paul Braconnier and his wife Blandine only have one thing in mind: to find a way to kill each other without risk. After listening to a radio show, Paul decides to go to Paris to meet a famous lawyer in the acquittal of the murderers. He tells the lawyer that he killed his wife. The lawyer asks Paul to reconstruct the circumstances of the drama. Without knowing it, he explains, in spite of himself, the way for Paul to murder his wife by putting the odds on his side to avoid death penalty or even be released...

Featured Crew

Sacha Guitry
Director
Sacha Guitry
Writer
Jean Bachelet
Director of Photography
Louiguy
Original Music Composer
Paul Wagner
Producer
Alain Poiré
Executive Producer
Jean Le Duc
Executive Producer
Raymond Lamy
Editor

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Cast

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Michel Simon
Paul Louis Victor Braconnier
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Jean Debucourt
Maître Aubanel
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Jacques Varennes
Le procureur
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Germaine Reuver
Blandine Braconnier
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Marcelle Arnold
Germaine Chevillard
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Georges Bever
Mr Gaillard
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Nicolas Amato
Victor Boitevin
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Jeanne Fusier-Gir
Mme Tyberghen
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Pauline Carton
Mme Michaud
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Albert Duvaleix
L'abbé Méthivier
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Henry Laverne
Le président
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Luce Fabiole
Amélie, la servante du curé
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Roger Poirier
Un geôlier
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André Dalibert
Le gendarme
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Max Dejean
L'épicier
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Michel Nastorg
Le brigadier
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Louis Eymond
Le secrétaire
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Marc Arian
Le greffier du tribunal (uncredited)
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Marcelle Arnold
Germaine (uncredited)
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Jean Bachelet
Self (uncredited)
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Henri Belly
Un voisin (uncredited)
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Georges Bever
Le pharmacien (uncredited)
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Robert Dumesnil
Self (uncredited)
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Maria Fromet
Mlle. Aubanel (uncredited)
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François Gir
Self (uncredited)
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Claude Jacomet
Un gamin (uncredited)
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Fernand Janisse
Self (uncredited)
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Raymond Lamy
Self (uncredited)
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Odette Lemarchand
Self (uncredited)
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Guy Lenoir
Un gamin (uncredited)
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Louiguy
Self (uncredited)
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Alain Malloire
Un gamin (uncredited)
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Michel Malloire
Un gamin (uncredited)
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Yannick Malloire
La petite fille (uncredited)
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Robert Mercier
Gandin (uncredited)
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Émile Riandreys
Un geôlier (uncredited)
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René Ribault
Self (uncredited)
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Marthe Sarbel
Ernestine (uncredited)
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Robert Sussfeld
Self (uncredited)
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Maurice Teynac
Un avocat (uncredited)
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Jimmy Urbain
Un gamin (uncredited)
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Léon Walther
L'avocat général (uncredited)