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Monsieur La Souris (1942)

Monsieur La Souris poster
Directed by
Georges Lacombe
Genre
crime film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 46m
Rated
12
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 16 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man known as Monsieur La Souris gets caught up in a crime. The story follows his involvement in a mystery that unfolds in 1940s France.

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What happens

Monsieur La Souris is a 1942 French mystery crime film directed by Georges Lacombe and starring Raimu, Aimé Clariond and Micheline Francey. It is based on the 1938 novel of the same title by Georges Simenon. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacques Krauss. The novel was later adapted into the 1950 British film Midnight Episode. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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