The Rules of the Game(1939)
A weekend at a marquis’ country château lays bare some ugly truths about a group of haut bourgeois acquaintances.
Movie: The Rules of the Game
Top 10 Billed Cast
Christine de la Cheyniest
Robert de la Cheyniest
Octave
Lisette, sa camériste
André Jurieux
Geneviève de Marras
Marceau, le braconnier
Edouard Schumacher, le garde-chasse
Jackie, nièce de Christine
Madame de la Plante
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