Eight Men in a Castle
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The Paladines write crime novels together. In a cinema, they happen to see a report on the consequences of a shipwreck in which Lieutenant Dupuis tells about the death of an old man in the lifeboat carrying the survivors. Husband and wife agree that this could be the starting point of a new story and go and see Dupuis to get more details about the drama. When they come to his hotel Dupuis is dead with a bullet in his head. Police characterizes the death as suicide but Paladine has found a train ticket in the dead man's pocket. With his wife he takes the train to the specified destination, somewhere in the provinces...
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René Dary
Mr. Paladine
Known for
Touchez Pas au Grisbi
Jacqueline Gauthier
Mrs. Paladine
Also in
The Murderer Is Not Guilty
Dropped from Heaven
Jean Aurenche
Lucien Masson
Richard Pottier
Louis Salou
Mr. Delaunay
Known for
Children of Paradise
Jean Kéry
Aline Carola
Hélène de Chanceau
Also in
Forte tête
Dernière aventure
Jean-Paul Le Chanois
Georges Grey
Alain / Alain Severac
Also in
The Well-Digger's Daughter
Quadrille
Roger Champi
Firmin
Also in
Notre-Dame de la Mouise
Jean Meyer
Notary's nephew
Known for
The Sucker
Richard Pottier Director · Jean-Paul Le Chanois Screenplay Jean Aurenche Screenplay
First release December 9, 1942 · Produced in France · Original title Huit hommes dans un château
Production
La Société des Films Sirius
Production · Distribution
France
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Original title
Huit hommes dans un château
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · December 9, 1942
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