The Puritan (1938)
Overview
A religious fanatic finds his entire life and philosophy turned upside-down as he falls in love with a girl and kills her in a jealous rage. His search is for peace of mind and a desire to justify the murder of the girl to himself. His mind becomes distraught as he gropes trying to rationalize his deed and his world falls apart around him. A police inspector patiently and tirelessly stays on Barrault's trail, without putting him under arrest, though convinced he is the murderer, and waiting for the moment when he feels Barrault will break under the strain of his own religious fanaticism.
Cast
Pierre Fresnay
Le commissaire Lavan
Jean-Louis Barrault
Francis Ferriter
Viviane Romance
Molly
Louis-Jacques Boucot
Monsieur Kelly
Mady Berry
Madame Kelly
Alexandre Rignault
Le docteur O'Leary
Ludmilla Pitoëff
La tante de Thérésa
Georges Flamant
Callaghan
Pedro Elviro
Un agent de la Sûreté
Jean Tissier
Léon Bary
Pierre Labry
Marcel Delaître
Le prêtre
Marthe Mellot
Madame Ferriter
Edmond van Daële
Maurice Maillot
