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Jun 29, 2016 · The Murderer Lives at Number 21 is a 1942 film, the directing debut of Henri-George Clouzot, who co-wrote the script with Stanislas-Andre Steeman. I've mentioned Steeman before in relation to his very interesting novel Six Dead Men and the film imports from that book the detective Wens, played by Pierre Fresnay.
Dec 9, 2014 · 1. The Murderer Lives at Number 21 (1942) Clouzot’s debut is about a police inspector Wens (Pierre Fresnay), who in order to catch Monsieur Durand, a murderer who leaves a calling card on his victims, assumes an identity as a priest and rents a room in a house at No. 21 Avenue Junot. He was informed one of the other tenants there is the killer.
The acclaimed French director Henri-Georges Clouzot made his directorial debut in 1942 with the comic thriller The Murderer Lives at Number 21, a dapted by him and Belgian writer Stanislas-André Steeman from Steeman’s 1939 book of the same title.
The Murderer Lives at Number 21: Directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot. With Pierre Fresnay, Suzy Delair, Jean Tissier, Pierre Larquey. Inspector Wens moves into a Paris boarding house to catch a serial killer.
The Murderer Lives at Number 21 was the first feature film directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot and was the fourth screenplay he wrote for the Nazi-owned company Continental Films. [2] [3] The budget for the film was considered to be quite generous and included materials that were extravagant by pre-war standards. [4]
The Murderer Lives at Number 21. Released Aug 6, 1942 1h 23m Mystery & Thriller Comedy List. 80% Tomatometer 5 Reviews 82% Popcornmeter 100+ Ratings. A detective (Pierre Fresnay) poses as a ...
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Learning that Durand is one of the eccentric tenants of a boarding house at No. 21 Avenue Junot, Wens takes a room in the guise of a Protestant minister; only to be followed by Mila who hardly seems like a minister's wife! Suspects are arrested, but while each is in jail, there's another murder... Source : IMDb.
