''The Inheritor'' (french: L'Héritier) is a 1973 French film starring

Jean-Paul Belmondo Jean-Paul Charles Belmondo (; 9 April 19336 September 2021) was a French actor and producer. Initially associated with the New Wave of the 1960s, he was a major French film star for several decades from the 1960s onward. His best known credits ...

Plot

Hugo Cordell, media and industrial tycoon, dies when his plane explodes between Geneva and Paris. Examination of the plane's debris cannot establish the cause of the crash. In Paris, the directors of 'Globe', the Cordell empire's flagship French weekly, anxiously await the arrival of Hugo Cordell's heir Bart (

), who wishes to read the last issue before it goes to press. On the flight back from the United States Bart flirts with the seductive Lauren (Maureen Kerwin), who slips a baggage claim-check into his pocket. At the airport Bart is welcomed by 'Globe' management and television reporters. The claim-check is found by a customs agent to correspond with a briefcase full of illegal drugs, and Bart is accused of drug trafficking. He understands perfectly that his arrival to head the Cordell empire does not meet with universal approval. Aided by his faithful friend, David ( Charles Denner), he decides to conduct his own investigation.

Cast

as Barthelemy Cordell *

Carla Gravina Carla Gravina (born 5 August 1941) is an Italian actress and politician. She received a Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress for her role in '' La terrazza'' (1980). Her other notable roles were in ''Love and Chatter'' (1957), '' Esterina ...

as Liza Rocquencourt * Jean Rochefort as André Berthier * Charles Denner as David Loweinstein *

Jean Desailly Jean Desailly (24 August 1920 – 11 June 2008) was a French actor. He was a member of the Comédie-Française from 1942 to 1946, and later participated in about 90 movies. Life and career Desailly studied at the École nationale supérieure des ...

as Jean-Pierre Carnavan *

François Chaumette François Chaumette (1923–1996) was a French actor. Filmography External linksFrançois Chaumette
at IMDB. 1923 births 1996 deaths French male voice actors Sociétaires of the Comédie-Française French National Academy of Dramatic ...

as Theron-Maillard *

Michel Beaune Michel Beaune (1933–1990) was a French actor. Filmography *1960: '' Trapped by Fear'' - Un ami de Paul (uncredited) *1961: ''Les godelureaux'' *1964: '' Backfire'' - Daniel *1970: '' The Confession'' - L'avocat *1970: '' The Time to Die'' ...

as Frédéric Lambert * Pierre Grasset as Pierre Delmas *

Maurice Garrel Maurice Garrel (24 February 1923 – 4 June 2011) was a French film actor. Garrel was born in Saint-Servais, Isère. He appeared in over a hundred films and was nominated twice for a César Award for best supporting actor: in 1991 for '' ...

as Detective Brayen *

Maureen Kerwin Maureen is a female given name. In Gaelic, it is Máirín, a pet form of ''Máire'' (the Irish cognate of Mary (given name), Mary), which is derived from the Hebrew Miriam (given name), Miriam. The name has sometimes been regarded as corresponding ...

as Lauren *

Jean Martin Jean Martin (6 March 1922 – 2 February 2009Jean Martin
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as Monseigneur Schneider * Marcel Cuvelier as The Minister *

Fosco Giachetti Fosco Giachetti (28 March 1900, in Sesto Fiorentino – 22 December 1974, in Rome) was an Italian actor. Fosco Giachetti was the protagonist of ''Lo squadrone bianco'' (1936), directed by Augusto Genina. He became the leading man in Fascist ...

as Luigi Galazzi *

Anna Orso Anna Maria Orso (December 11, 1938 – August 14, 2012) was an Italian film actress whose career in international and Italian cinema spanned more than fifty years. Career Orso made her film debut in '' The Bible: In the Beginning'', a 1966 r ...

as Giovanella Cordell *

Paul Amiot Paul Amiot (29 March 1886 – 26 January 1979) was a French film actor. His career spanned some 63 years and he appeared in nearly 100 films between 1910 and 1973. In 1920 he appeared in Robert Péguy's ''Être aimé pour soi-même''. He was n ...

as Hugo Cordell *

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as André Dubois * Serge Wagner as Campanella *

Philippe Labro Philippe Labro (born 27 August 1936) is a French author, journalist and film director. He has worked for RTL, ''Paris Match'', TF1 and Antenne 2. He is a laureate of the Prix Interallié, a French literary distinction founded in 1930, which ...

as Journalist

References

External links

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''The Inheritor''
at Le Film Guide French action thriller films 1973 films Films scored by Michel Colombier 1970s business films Films about inheritances 1970s French films {{1970s-France-film-stub