The Fleeing Dead

1h 25m
Comedy
7.1

Two second-rate, hammy actors, Hector Trignol and Achille Baluchet, come up with a fake murder story to draw attention to themselves. Baluchet is to kill Trignol, who will temporarily disappear then reappear, as if by magic, during the trial. But things don't go according to plan.

Cast

Jules Berry
Hector Trignol
Michel Simon
Achille Baluchet
Marie Glory
Marie 'Myra' Dupont
Fernande Albany
Olga Stefany
Gaston Mauger
Theater director
Gabrielle Fontan
Concierge
Paul Gury
Ivan
Claire Gérard
Madame Irma
Paul Faivre
Guardian
Jean Diéner
Unknown
Hugues de Bagratide
Investigating judge
Georges Paulais
Policeman
Pierre Mindaist
Unknown
Marcel Vibert
Lawyer

Crew

André Berthomieu
Director
Paul Gury
Screenplay

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