Movie: No Pockets in a Shroud

Top 10 Billed Cast

Jean-Pierre Mocky
Jean-Pierre Mocky

Michel Dolannes

Jean Carmet
Jean Carmet

Commissioner Bude

Michel Constantin
Michel Constantin

Culli

Michel Galabru
Michel Galabru

Thomas

Daniel Gélin
Daniel Gélin

Laurence

Michael Lonsdale
Michael Lonsdale

Raymond

Jean-Pierre Marielle
Jean-Pierre Marielle

Doctor Carlille

Martine Sarcey
Martine Sarcey

Madame Mardène

Michel Serrault
Michel Serrault

Justin Blesh

Myriam Mézières
Myriam Mézières

Mira Barnowski

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    In the newspaper he has just founded, journalist Dolannes exposes all the wheeling and dealing and scandals that go on in his town. But the day he exposes the socialist mayor's homosexual crime, he is shot dead by an unknown assailant in a cul-de-sac just before the paper is due to appear.

  • Release Date

    1974-10-25

  • Average

    5.4

  • Rating:

    2.7 starts
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    Français
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