The Crime of Monsieur Lange

Directed by Jean Renoir

Written by Jacques Prévert, Jacques Prévert, Jean Castanier, Jean Renoir

Mild-mannered novelist of Western fiction, Amédée Lange, and his colleagues take over a publishing house after their exploitative boss disappears, only for the superior to return and try to reclaim the profits from their successful cooperative.

Cast

René Lefèvre

Monsieur Lange

Florelle

Valentine

?

Jules Berry

Batala

Marcel Lévesque

Concierge

Odette Talazac

Concierge's Wife

Nadia Sibirskaïa

Estelle

Henri Guisol

Son Meunier

Maurice Baquet

Charles, concierges' son

Jacques Brunius

Mr. Baigneur

?

Sylvain Itkine

Inspector Itkine / Batala's Cousin

Marcel Duhamel

Foreman

Sylvia Bataille

Edith