Claude Géraudy, a banker responsible for a financial scandal, is forced to flee and hides in the mountains with the help of Manu, a young smuggler. Florence, his wife, refuses to join him. Desperate Claude commits suicide, Florence then decides to pass her suicide off as murder in order to receive her late husband's life insurance.
Directed by André Cayatte
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Cast
Madeleine Sologne
Florence Géraudy
Serge Reggiani
Manu
Paul Meurisse
Inspector Nansen
Enrico Glori
Claude Géraudy
René Bourbon
Doctor Pierre
Léonce Corne
Judge
Paul Faivre
Mayor
André Carnège
Welford
Gabrielle Fontan
Florence's mother
René Blancard
Brigadier
Paul Demange
Announcer
Édouard Delmont
Innkeeper
Janine Darcey
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