Bluebeard 1944
Bluebeard
Young female models are being strangled. Will law enforcement be able to stop the crime wave before more women become victims?
Young female models are being strangled. Will law enforcement be able to stop the crime wave before more women become victims?
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Full Cast & Crew... Gaston Morrell
... Lucille
... Inspector Lefevre
... Jean Lamarte
... Inspector Renard
... Francine
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See All 1 Reviews30 Jun 2022 by CinemaSerf
This is quite a tightly knit, intricate, little murder mystery that centres around the murder of young women in Paris. Meantime, an enigmatic puppet master "Gaston" (John Carradine) encounters the young "Lucille" (Jean Parker). His interest in this young lady prompts a good old dose of jealousy from his sometime gal "Renee" (Sonia Sorel) whilst the third in their little gang "Francine" (Teala Loring) is dating investigating policeman "Lefebre" (Nils Asther). Money was clearly no object here - there wasn't any - but Edgar Ulmer has still managed to get a decent performance from Carradine as this mystery builds in a slightly predictable, but nonetheless engaging fashion. There are a few twists along the way to distract us, and the three ladies deliver quite efficiently when they are given decent dialogue. Sadly, that doesn't happen often enough - but the overall look and feel of this semi-gothic horror film is quite watchable and though i can't think I will ever remember having seen it in two weeks, I did still quite enjoy it for 70 minutes.
Release Date:
Oct 26, 1944 (United States)
Run Time:
1hr 12`
MMPA Rating:
NR
Original Language:
English
Production Countries:
United States
Status:
Released
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This is quite a tightly knit, intricate, little murder mystery that centres around the murder of young women in Paris. Meantime, an enigmatic puppet master "Gaston" (John Carradine) encounters the young "Lucille" (Jean Parker). His interest in this young lady prompts a good old dose of jealousy from his sometime gal "Renee" (Sonia Sorel) whilst the third in their little gang "Francine" (Teala Loring) is dating investigating policeman "Lefebre" (Nils Asther). Money was clearly no object here - there wasn't any - but Edgar Ulmer has still managed to get a decent performance from Carradine as this mystery builds in a slightly predictable, but nonetheless engaging fashion. There are a few twists along the way to distract us, and the three ladies deliver quite efficiently when they are given decent dialogue. Sadly, that doesn't happen often enough - but the overall look and feel of this semi-gothic horror film is quite watchable and though i can't think I will ever remember having seen it in two weeks, I did still quite enjoy it for 70 minutes.
Cast & Crew of
Bluebeard
Directors & Credit Writers
Cast
... Gaston Morrell
... Lucille
... Inspector Lefevre
... Jean Lamarte
... Inspector Renard
... Francine
SS
Sonia Sorel... Renee
... Deschamps
... Soldier
... Mimi
... Babette
CD
Carrie Devan... Constance
... Jeanette
... Policeman (Uncredited)
... Inquiry Judge (Uncredited)
... Paul (Uncredited)
... The Duke of Carineaux (Uncredited)
... Laughing Courtroom Spectator (Uncredited)