The Bellman

Overview

The bell ringer at a way station in the French Alps, murders a passing horse trader with a thrown rock and relieves him of his bankroll, in order to bribe the daughter of his only friend, a head injury victim considered the village simpleton, into marrying him, despite her love for a lowly woodsman who is, in turn, being cajoled into marriage by the daughter of the wealthy innkeeper.

Directed by Christian-Jaque

Top cast

Lucien Coëdel

The Bellman, Jean-Baptiste

Fernand Ledoux

Fabret, his friend

Renée Faure

Catherine Fabret

Roger Pigaut

Pierre

Madeleine Robinson

Marthe

Pierre Labry

The Innkeeper (Marthe's father)

Georges Tourreil

The Brigadier of the Gendarmerie

Sinoël

Marie-Thérèse, the old woman

Léonce Corne

Inn Patron "Not From These Parts"

Marcel Pérès

Inn Patron with Dark Black Hair and Mustache

L

Les Danseurs du Massif Central

The Festival Dance Villagers

L

Le Cheval Caïd de la Cavalerie Carré

The Black Horse

Jacques Butin

Le gendarme

Léon Larive

Un villageois

Michel Piccoli

Un villageois

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