St. Val's Mystery(1945)
Désiré Le Sec has just won the "amateur policeman contest" and he is so glad he 's telling all the people around.He is an insure agent ,and his boss,his uncle,is annoyed :a man took out a big life insurance and died soon afterward.
Movie: St. Val's Mystery
Top 10 Billed Cast
Désiré Le Sec
Madame De Saint-Val
Max Robertal
Henri Le Sec, Désiré's uncle
The brigadier
Dédé, the wanderer
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Désiré Le Sec has just won the "amateur policeman contest" and he is so glad he 's telling all the people around.He is an insure agent ,and his boss,his uncle,is annoyed :a man took out a big life insurance and died soon afterward.
Release Date
1945-09-19
Average
6.5
Rating:
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