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The Strange Monsieur Victor (1938)

The Strange Monsieur Victor (1938)

Drama Crime
Release Date: 1938, May 4
Directors: Jean Grémillon
Countries: Germany, France
Production: L'Alliance Cinématographique Européenne (ACE), UFA
Cast: Madeleine Renaud, Georges Flamant, Andrex, Odette Roger, Charles Blavette, Viviane Romance, Pierre Blanchar, Marcelle Géniat, Édouard Delmont, Marcel Maupi, Raimu, Armand Larcher

Overview:

Outwardly, Monsieur Victor would appear to be the model citizen. A respectable Toulon shopkeeper, he has a devoted wife and is courteous and considerate to all who know him. However, beneath this veneer of respectability hides a notorious receiver of stolen goods, who trades with hardened criminals. Victor manages to keep up his double life without any difficulty until the fateful day when one of his partners in crime threatens to expose him. Fearing a scandal, Victor kills the crook in a moment of panic, using a shoemaker's tool. Naturally, the murder is blamed on a local shoemaker, who is sentenced to ten years' hard labour. Seven years later, the former shoemaker reappears in Toulon, having escaped from prison. The first person to recognise him is Monsieur Victor...

Keywords:

wrongful imprisonment fugitive wrongful conviction toulon, france