The Bellman (1945)

Director: Christian-Jaque

The bell ringer at a way station in the French Alps, murders a passing horse trader with a thrown rock and relieves him of his bankroll, in order to bribe the daughter of his only friend, a head injury victim considered the village simpleton, into marrying him, despite her love for a lowly woodsman who is, in turn, being cajoled into marriage by the daughter of the wealthy innkeeper.

Cast

Lucien Coëdel

The Bellman, Jean-Baptiste

Fernand Ledoux

Fabret, his friend

Renée Faure

Catherine Fabret

Roger Pigaut

Pierre

Madeleine Robinson

Marthe

Pierre Labry

The Innkeeper (Marthe's father)

Georges Tourreil

The Brigadier of the Gendarmerie

Sinoël

Marie-Thérèse, the old woman

Léonce Corne

Inn Patron "Not From These Parts"

Marcel Pérès

Inn Patron with Dark Black Hair and Mustache