Pierre Fresnay
L'inspecteur Wenceslas Wens
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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
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. A detective (Pierre Fresnay) poses as a clergyman and searches for a serial killer among a motley band of boardinghouse residents.
- (5)
- Pierre Fresnay
- Henri-Georges Clouzot
- Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
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- 2
- Henri-Georges Clouzot
- 83 min
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.
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.
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THE MURDERER LIVES AT NUMBER 21 - An early film from the great French writer- director Henri-Georges Clouzot. There is serial killer loose on the streets of Paris and the police seem unable to catch him. Every time he strikes he leaves a business card with the name M. Durand at the crime scene.
