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The Barton Mystery (1949)

The Barton Mystery poster
Original title
Le Mystère Barton
Directed by
Charles Spaak
Genre
crime film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 28m
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A mystery unfolds around the Barton family. A detective investigates a suspicious death in their household.

mysterioussuspensefulintriguingtheatricalslow-burnnoirish

What happens

The Barton Mystery (French: Le mystère Barton) is a 1949 French mystery film directed by Charles Spaak and starring Françoise Rosay, Fernand Ledoux and Madeleine Robinson. It is based on the 1916 British play The Barton Mystery by Walter Hackett. It was the screenwriter Spaak's only attempt at directing a film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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