The Murdered Model (French: Le mannequin assassiné) is a 1948 French-Belgian comedy crime film directed by Pierre de Hérain and starring Blanchette Brunoy, Gilbert Gil and Julien Carette. It is based on the 1932 novel The Murdered Model by Stanislas-André Steeman. It was shot at the Buttes-Chaumont Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Lucien Aguettand. It marked the screen debut of Anne Vernon who went on to star in French and British films.
Synopsis
A mannequin stolen from the a shop window is found stabbed to death. It bears a curious resemblance to a man who was killed a year before.
Cast
Blanchette Brunoy as Laure
Gilbert Gil as Armand
Julien Carette as Léonisse
Daniel Gélin as Léopold
Jean-Roger Caussimon as Jérôme
Anne Vernon as Irène
Jacques Castelot as Emile
Jacques Sevrannes as Gilbert
Robert Balpo as Le chef de train
Geneviève Callix as Rose
André Gabriello as Charles
Pierre Magnier as Le notaire
Albert Dinan as Didier
Stanislas-André Steeman as Le docteur Furnelle
Mathilde Casadesus as Madame Malaise
Robert Lussac as Le commissaire Aimé Malaise
Germaine Dermoz as Irma
Albert Broquin as Un consommateur
Sylvain as Le clerc de notaire
References
Bibliography
Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.