''Suspicion'' (French: ''Soupçons'') is a 1956 French

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directed by Pierre Billon and starring

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and

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. It is based on the 1950 novel ''La Pavane des poisons'' by

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.Goble p.121 The film's sets were designed by the

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Synopsis

The wealthy Etienne de Montenoy invites a number of guests to a family reunion at his chateau. He plans to discard his long-standing

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Angèle, having fallen in love with Claire, his

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. However, he fails to wake up one morning and the police

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s believe he has been poisoned.

Cast

as Claire Grandjean *

as Etienne Jean Marie de Montenoy *

as Angèle Amélie Jeanne Mersch *

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as Thierry de Villesec *

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as Charles Tramillet *

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as L'inspecteur de police Fiori *

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as Raymond Dellez *

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as Dr. Delacroix *

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as Henriette Tramillet *

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as Cécile de Villesec *

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as Dora Dalba - une strip-teaseuse *

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as Clotilde *

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as Simone Tramillet *

Yannick Malloire Yannick is a first name that originated in Brittany, France, where the combination of its two Breton language parts, '' Yann'' and ''-ick'', results in the meaning of ''Little John'' or ''Petit Jean'' in French. It is used as a first name mostly ...

as Françoise Deschamps *

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as Edouard - le valet de chambre *

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as Le juge *

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as Le notaire *

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as Le garde chasse *

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as Rose

References

Bibliography

* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

External links

* * 1956 films 1956 drama films French drama films 1950s French-language films Films directed by Pierre Billon French black-and-white films 1950s French films Films based on French novels {{1950s-France-film-stub