Valley of Hell (1943)

7.2/10 88 min Drama

Overview

Noël Bienvenu, owner of a career, is a widower and lives with his parents. His son Bastien, whom he despises, was sentenced to six months in prison for theft. Noël goes to see a dying friend, Romieux, who asks him to take care of his daughter Marthe, who has settled in Paris (Batignolles district). Noël goes there and discovers that Marthe is destitute (her lover Gaston being an incarcerated mobster): he then offers her to come and live with him and soon, marries her.

Cast

Ginette Leclerc

Marthe

Gabrielle Fontan

Mother Bienvenu

Nicole Chollet

Gustine

Colette Régis

Religious

Gabriel Gabrio

Noël Bienvenu

Édouard Delmont

Father Bienvenu

Lucien Gallas

Barthélémy

Raymond Cordy

Poiroux

Charles Blavette

Cagnard

André Reybaz

Bastien Bienvenu

Edmond Beauchamp

Rodrigo (uncredited)

Marcel Delaître

Investigating judge (uncredited)

Albert Malbert

Combarnoux (uncredited)

Zélie Yzelle

Hotelier (uncredited)

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