The Bellman (1945)
Drama
Crime
Horror
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.
Cast
The Bellman, Jean-Baptiste
Fabret, his friend
The Festival Dance Villagers
The Black Horse
Le gendarme
Un villageois
Un villageois
Catherine Fabret
Pierre
Marthe
The Innkeeper (Marthe's father)
The Brigadier of the Gendarmerie
Marie-Thérèse, the old woman
Inn Patron "Not From These Parts"
Inn Patron with Dark Black Hair and Mustache
Crew
Director
Novel
Dialogue
Music
Production Design
Director of Photography
Writer
Editor
Editor