The Convict
1951/03/07 • Released • French
Overview
The practice of Dr. Julien, a GP of Marseilles, consists mainly of drug-addicts. One day, one of his patient dies at his surgery and Julien yields to the temptation : he steals the dead man's money and hides the corpse in a trunk. But the whole thing is discovered and ... misinterpreted. The doctor is condemned for killing the junkie and sent to the Cayenne convict prison, from which he escapes. The Indians give him shelter and he is soon given the opportunity to return their good deed when a yellow fever epidemic strikes their tribe. A young woman helps to fight the disease and, thanks to her, Julien starts considering that a new life is possible for him.
Director : Willy Rozier
Casts
Lucien Nat
Messner
Lili Bontemps
Marie-Lou
Henri Arius
The neighbor
Roger Blin
Convict
Juliette Faber
Pilar
Lucien Callamand
Maître Gloriette
Daniel Mendaille
Head of the plantation
Henry Houry
Defense lawyer
Milly Mathis
Mrs. Rosano
Georges Sellier
Professor Elie Dubois, a doctor
André Wasley
Convict
Colette Deréal
Emma
Jenny Hélia
The laughing woman
Max Amyl
Accordionist
Marcel Delaître
Professor Roméo Verger, a doctor (uncredited)
Roger Monteaux
Commissioner of Police (uncredited)
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