Poison (1951)

7.2/10 • 85 min • Comedy

Overview

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...

Cast

Michel Simon

Paul Louis Victor Braconnier

Jean Debucourt

Maître Aubanel

Jacques Varennes

Le procureur

Germaine Reuver

Blandine Braconnier

Marcelle Arnold

Germaine Chevillard

Georges Bever

Mr Gaillard

Nicolas Amato

Victor Boitevin

Jeanne Fusier-Gir

Mme Tyberghen

Pauline Carton

Mme Michaud

Albert Duvaleix

L'abbé Méthivier

Louis de Funès

André

Henry Laverne

Le président

Jacques de Féraudy

Jean Brun

Luce Fabiole

Amélie, la servante du curé

Roger Poirier

Un geôlier

André Dalibert

Le gendarme

Max Dejean

L'épicier

Michel Nastorg

Le brigadier

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