Movie: The Purloined Letter

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Laurent Terzieff
Laurent Terzieff

Auguste Dupin

Corinne Marchand
Corinne Marchand

The Queen

François Simon
François Simon

The prefect of police

Horst Janson
Horst Janson

Allan

Georg Marischka
Georg Marischka

The Minister

Patrick Le Gall
Patrick Le Gall

The minister's secretary

Guy Mairesse
Guy Mairesse

Duvernois

Pierre Duncan
Pierre Duncan

Saury

Marcel Gassouk
Marcel Gassouk

Lauret

Raoul Curet
Raoul Curet

Dutoit

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    Part of a 6-film collection called “Grands Détectives” about famous fictional private detectives.

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    1974-02-09

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