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Poison(1951)
Status: Released
Date: 1951-11-30
71%
72 Votes
Time: 1h 25m
Overview:
Paul Braconnier and his wife Blandine only have one thing in mind: to find a way to kill each other without risk. After listening to a radio show, Paul decides to go to Paris to meet a famous lawyer in the acquittal of the murderers. He tells the lawyer that he killed his wife. The lawyer asks Paul to reconstruct the circumstances of the drama. Without knowing it, he explains, in spite of himself, the way for Paul to murder his wife by putting the odds on his side to avoid death penalty or even be released...
Languages: French.
Countries:
France
ProductionCompanies: 
Movie: Poison
Top 10 Billed Cast
Michel Simon
Paul Louis Victor Braconnier
Jean Debucourt
Maître Aubanel
Jacques Varennes
Le procureur
Germaine Reuver
Blandine Braconnier
Marcelle Arnold
Germaine Chevillard
Georges Bever
Mr Gaillard
Nicolas Amato
Victor Boitevin
Jeanne Fusier-Gir
Mme Tyberghen
Pauline Carton
Mme Michaud
Albert Duvaleix
L'abbé Méthivier
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