The bell ringer at a way station in the French Alps, murders a passing horse trader with a thrown rock and relieves him of his bankroll, in order to bribe the daughter of his only friend, a head injury victim considered the village simpleton, into marrying him, despite her love for a lowly woodsman who is, in turn, being cajoled into marriage by the daughter of the wealthy innkeeper.
Directed by Christian-Jaque
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Cast

Lucien Coëdel
The Bellman, Jean-Baptiste

Fernand Ledoux
Fabret, his friend

Renée Faure
Catherine Fabret

Roger Pigaut
Pierre

Madeleine Robinson
Marthe

Pierre Labry
The Innkeeper (Marthe's father)

Georges Tourreil
The Brigadier of the Gendarmerie

Sinoël
Marie-Thérèse, the old woman

Léonce Corne
Inn Patron "Not From These Parts"

Marcel Pérès
Inn Patron with Dark Black Hair and Mustache
Les Danseurs du Massif Central
The Festival Dance Villagers
Le Cheval Caïd de la Cavalerie Carré
The Black Horse

Jacques Butin
Le gendarme

Léon Larive
Un villageois
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