Main Cast: Jules Berry, René Lefèvre, Sylvia Bataille
Release Year: 1936
Country: FR
Run Time: 90 minutes
Plot
Jean Renoir was the director of The Crime of Monsieur Lange, but this French film might just as well have been made in Hollywood by Frank Capra. The titular Lange (Rene Lefevre) is an author of wild west novels. When the owner of the company that publishes Lange's works absconds with the company funds, Lange rallies the employees together to create their own publishing house. The publisher returns, disguised as a priest, and demands a share of the profits. Lange responds by killing the bounder. The grateful employees help Lange to escape prosecution, allowing him to leave the country with his lovely fiancee (Florelle). Jacques Prevert adapted the screenplay of The Crime of Monsieur Lange from a story by Renoir and Jean Castanier. Stage actor Jules Berry makes his film debut in the role of the shady publisher. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Maurice Baquet - Charles Bessard, The Concierges' Son; Edmond Beauchamp - Priest on Train; Jacques Brunius - Baigneur; Jean Dasté - The Model maker; Marcel Duhamel - The Foreman; Odette Florelle - Valentine; Paul Grimault - Typo; Henri Guisol - Meunier; René Génin - A Client at the Auberge; Claire Gérard - Prostitute; Sylvain Itkine - Batala's cousin; Marcel Lévesque - Bessard, the Concierge; Fabien Loris; Marcel Lupovici; Nadia Sibirskaia - Estelle; Odette Talazac - Mme. Bessard; Paul Demange - Creditor; Guy Decombie - Printer; Yves Deniaud
