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Behind the Facade (1939)

Genre : Crime, Drama

Runtime : 1H 25M

Director : Georges Lacombe, Yves Mirande

Synopsis

The owner of an apartment building is found murdered. Two rival policemen, Boucheron and Lambert, investigate the matter and get into the private lives of the tenants: an unfaithful judge, a crippled blind man and his daughter, an eccentric knife thrower, a shoplifter (and proud of it!), a bourgeois lady who has a bone to pick with a gigolo, a mistress who cheats on her lover, not forgetting the caretaker and a soldier in love.

Actors

Erich von Stroheim
Erich von Stroheim
Eric
Michel Simon
Michel Simon
Picking
Jules Berry
Jules Berry
Alfrédo d'Avila
Gaby Morlay
Gaby Morlay
Gaby
Elvira Popescu
Elvira Popescu
Madame Rameau
Lucien Baroux
Lucien Baroux
le commissaire Boucheron
Jacques Baumer
Jacques Baumer
l'inspecteur Lambert
André Lefaur
André Lefaur
Corbeau
Betty Stockfeld
Betty Stockfeld
l'anglaise
Gaby Sylvia
Gaby Sylvia
Madeleine
Simone Berriau
Simone Berriau
Lydia
Missia
Missia
Joséphine Picking
Raymond Segard
Raymond Segard
Robert Bernier
Marcel Orluc
Marcel Orluc
Gérard Bernier
Jean Daurand
Jean Daurand
Le télégraphiste
Elmire Vautier
Elmire Vautier
Marie, l'habilleuse de Lydia
Lina Darwils
Lina Darwils
Une locataire
Robert Ozanne
Robert Ozanne
Le brigadier
Claude Sainval
Claude Sainval
Le gigolo de Gaby
Raymone
Raymone
La bonne de Madame Mathieu
Joffre
Joffre
Monsieur Martin, l'aveugle
Lise Courbet
Lise Courbet
Paulette
Andrex
Andrex
André Laurent, l'employé de banque
Julien Carette
Julien Carette
Le soldat
Aimé Clariond
Aimé Clariond
Le président Bernier
Jacques Dumesnil
Jacques Dumesnil
Albert Durant, le jouer de poker
Paul Faivre
Paul Faivre
Le concierge
Marcel Simon
Marcel Simon
Jules, l'amant de Gaby
Gabrielle Dorziat
Gabrielle Dorziat
Madame Bernier
Jacques Baumer
Jacques Baumer
Lambert
Marguerite Moreno
Marguerite Moreno
La sous-directrice
Georges Bever
Georges Bever
Un chauffeur de taxi (uncredited)
Rivers Cadet
Rivers Cadet
Un agent (uncredited)
Roger Doucet
Roger Doucet
(uncredited)
Hélène Flouest
Hélène Flouest
(uncredited)
Georges Malkine
Georges Malkine
Un chauffeur de taxi (uncredited)
Franck Maurice
Franck Maurice
Un agent (uncredited)
Yves Mirande
Yves Mirande
Le clochard sur le banc (uncredited)
Robert Moor
Robert Moor
Un agent (uncredited)
Henri Nassiet
Henri Nassiet
(uncredited)
Jean Wiener
Jean Wiener
Le pianiste au cabaret (uncredited)

Crews

Georges Lacombe
Georges Lacombe
Director
Yves Mirande
Yves Mirande
Director

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