A young reporter solves a mystery crime. The fictional reporter is Joseph Rouletabille. He works on a complex, and seemingly impossible, crime in which the criminal appears to disappear from a locked room.
Writing
Gaston Leroux adaptation that respects your brain.
Acting
Serge Reggiani's smug genius reporter energy.
Director
Henri Aisner
Serge Reggiani
Joseph Rouletabille
Pierre Renoir
Professeur Stangerson
Janine Darcey
Sylvie
Arthur Devère
Father Jacques
Marcel Herrand
Larsan / Ballmeyer
Gaston Modot
Arthur
Lucien Nat
Robert Darzac
Hélène Perdrière
Mathilde Stangerson
Fabien Loris
Julien
Robert Le Fort
Secretary
Germaine Michel
Cook
Madeleine Barbulée
Chambermaid
Léonce Corne
Marquet
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This 1949 adaptation came decades after Leroux's 1907 novel, which essentially invented the locked-room mystery subgenre that Agatha Christie would later dominate.
Pierre Renoir—yes, from THAT Renoir family—plays the beleaguered professor, bringing actual artistic dynasty gravitas to a pulp premise.
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