Pierre Fresnay
L'inspecteur Wenceslas Wens
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The Murderer Lives at Number 21 (French: L'Assassin habite au 21) is a 1942 French comedy thriller film by director Henri-Georges Clouzot. Adapted by Belgian writer Stanislas-André Steeman and Clouzot from Steeman's 1939 book of the same title, it was Clouzot's debut feature film as a director.
- Alfred Greven
- L'assassin habite au 21", 1939 novel, by Stanislas-André Steeman
- 8 July 1942 (France)
- Maurice Yvain
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.
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- Comedy, Crime, Mystery
- Henri-Georges Clouzot
- 1947-08-16
Mar 21, 2013 · Opening scene in this early comic mystery from renowned thriller director Henri-Georges Clouzot, Rene Genin as an inebriate who's won the lottery, Sylvette Sauge as a girl suddenly interested, in The Murderer Lives At Number 21, 1942, starring Pierre Fresnay and Suzy Delair.
The Murderer Lives at Number 21. A detective (Pierre Fresnay) poses as a clergyman and searches for a serial killer among a motley band of boardinghouse residents.
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- Pierre Fresnay
- Henri-Georges Clouzot
- Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
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Jun 1, 2013 · His 1942 debut, The Murderer Lives at 21, a stylish black comedy, suffered no such fate despite the characteristic misanthropy underlying its light surface. A combination of Agatha Christie...
Summaries. Inspector Wens moves into a Paris boarding house to catch a serial killer. Dapper Inspector Vorobechik ('Wens' for short) is assigned the case of a serial killer who leaves a calling card on his victims; Monsieur Durand. Wens' mistress, struggling actress Mila Malou, determines to get publicity for herself by helping him.
