When You Read This Letter

Overview

After a novice nun learns of the sudden death of her parents, she leaves the convent to manage the family business and look after her teenage sister. Both of them fall prey to a womanizing mechanic with psychopathic tendencies.

Directed by Jean-Pierre Melville

Top cast

Philippe Lemaire

Max Trivet

Juliette Gréco

Thérèse Voise

Daniel Cauchy

Biquet

Irène Galter

Denise Voise

Yvonne Sanson

Irène Faugeret

Yvonne de Bray

Traveler

Jacques Deval

Investigating judge

Roland Lesaffre

Roland

Colette Régis

Superior

Marcel Delaître

Grandfather

Robert Dalban

Dick

Fernand Sardou

Mechanic

Claude Borelli

Lola

J

Jane Morlet

Grandmother

S

Suzy Willy

Mrs. Gobert

C

Claude Hennesy

R

Robert Hébert

L

Louis Pérault

Doorman

Philippe Richard

Léon Larive

Clerk

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