Pierre Fresnay
L'inspecteur Wenceslas Wens
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The film is about the hunt by detective Wens (Pierre Fresnay) for the murderer Monsieur Durand, who leaves calling cards and manages to be everywhere at once. With the aspiring singer Mila Malou ( Suzy Delair ), Wens follows clues to a seedy boarding house where he hopes to find the murderer.
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.
- (3.6K)
- Comedy, Crime, Mystery
- Henri-Georges Clouzot
- 1947-08-16
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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.
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
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.
A thief and killer stalks the streets of Paris, leaving a calling card from “Monsieur Durand” at the scene of each crime. But after a stash of these cards are found in the boarding house at 21 Avenue Junot, Inspector Wenceslas Vorobechik takes lodging at the infamous address to solve the crime.
