
Drama
Crime
Horror
The Bellman
6.7
100 min
1945
Christian-Jaque
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.
Top Cast

Lucien Coëdel
The Bellman, Jean-Baptiste

Fernand Ledoux
Fabret, his friend

Renée Faure
Catherine Fabret

Roger Pigaut
Pierre

Madeleine Robinson
Marthe
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