Summary
Catherine and her partner Jérôme are having a hard time
trying to make a success of their clock-selling business, so they
contrive a plan that will make them rich. All they have to do is
to hunt out couples who are having illicit affairs and bribe them into
buying their clocks at an extortionate price. Catherine thinks
she has found her first victim when she sees a man called Jacques Tavère
arranging an assignation with a married woman, Gisèle
Morand. When she goes to see Jacques, Catherine is
surprised to come face-to-face with Gisèle’s husband,
Pierre. When Pierre ask her who she is she pretends to be
Jacques’s mistress. Charmed by Catherine, Pierre invites her and
Jacques to lunch. At the restaurant, Catherine recognises Lily
and Maurice, another couple whose strange behaviour intrigues
her. Certain she has found a potential pair of victims, Catherine
follows them back to their home, not knowing that Lily and Maurice are
in fact a pair of jewel thieves..
© Willems Henri (Brussels, Belgium)
© Willems Henri (Brussels, Belgium)
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Credits
- Director: Marcel L’Herbier, Jacques de Baroncelli
- Script: Jean-Georges Auriol, Henri Jeanson, Marcel L’Herbier, Solange Térac
- Photo: Pierre Montazel
- Music: Henri Sauguet, Colette Vivia
- Cast: Edwige Feuillère (Catherine Roussel), Raymond Rouleau (Jacques Tavère), André Luguet (Pierre Morland), Charles Granval (Jérôme), Denise Grey (Madame d’Ambroisie), Fred Pasquali (Le vendeur de carillon), Hubert de Malet (Maurice), Irène Lud (Lily), Georges Pally (Xavier), Claude Génia (Gisèle Morland)
- Country: France
- Language: French
- Runtime: 99 min; B&W
- Aka: The Honorable Catherine
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