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A Man's Head

6.119331h 30mMovieCrimeMysteryThriller

Willy Ferrière is a gambler living beyond his means, and his mistress is as greedy as he's dead broke. One day, he says out of loud in a a Montparnasse café that he would give 100,000 francs to get rid of his wealthy aunt so he could claim…

DirectorJulien Duvivier
WritersJulien Duvivier·Pierre Calmann
ProducersMarcel Vandal·Charles Delac

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Cast · Directed by Julien Duvivier

HBHarry Baur
Harry Baur
Commissaire Jules Maigret
VIValéry Inkijinoff
Valéry Inkijinoff
Radek
ARAlexandre Rignault
Alexandre Rignault
Joseph Heurtin
GJGaston Jacquet
Gaston Jacquet
Willy Ferrière
GM
Gina Manès
Edna Reichberg
LGLouis Gauthier
Louis Gauthier
Le juge
HÉ
Henri Échourin
Inspecteur Ménard
MB
Marcel Bourdel
Inspecteur Janvier
FM
Frédéric Munié
L'avocat
ANArmand Numès
Armand Numès
Le directeur de la police
CCCharles Camus
Charles Camus
L'hôtelier
RARené Alexandre
René Alexandre
Le chauffeur

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