Behind the Facade
(1939)
Crime, Comedy
90min
78%
Overview
In the elevator of two large Parisian buildings, a telegraph operator discovers the body of an elderly woman, Madame Mathieu, the owner of both buildings. Boucheron, the local superintendent, is dispatched to investigate, along with his rival, Inspector Lambert of the "Sûreté". To solve the enigma, ...
Lucien Baroux
Acting
Jacques Baumer
Acting
Jules Berry
Acting
Commissioner Boucheron, district police officer
Lucien Baroux
Popularity : 0.1402
Inspector Lambert of the Sûreté
Jacques Baumer
Popularity : 0.175
Alfredo d'Avila, dancer of these ladies
Jules Berry
Popularity : 0.055
Gaby Valrose, minister's lover
Gaby Morlay
Popularity : 0.1832
Mrs. Rameau, wife of an industrialist and mistress of Alfredo
Elvira Popescu
Popularity : 0.0985
Picking, knife-throwing artist
Michel Simon
Popularity : 0.3105
Mr. Corbeau, kleptomaniac
André Lefaur
Popularity : 0.1566
Madeleine Martin, in love with André
Gaby Sylvia
Popularity : 0.1592
André Laurent, bank cashier, lover of Madeleine
Andrex
Popularity : 0.2451
Lydia, singer at “Perroquet”, mistress of the President
Simone Berriau
Popularity : 0.0806
Eric, German naturalized French
Erich von Stroheim
Popularity : 0.3379
English, Albert's companion, Eric's mistress
Betty Stockfeld
Popularity : 0.2522
Albert Durant, stockbroker and poker player
Jacques Dumesnil
Popularity : 0.1246
Joséphine, chicken trainer, wife of Picking
Missia
Popularity : 0.0193
Concierge of the two buildings
Paul Faivre
Popularity : 0.4442
Judge Bernier, President of the Court of Appeal
Aimé Clariond
Popularity : 0.1429
Robert Bernier, eldest son of the President
Raymond Segard
Popularity : 0.0929
Gérard Bernier, youngest son of the President
Marcel Orluc
Popularity : 0
Owner of the "Perroquet" and the festivities upstairs
Marguerite Moreno
Popularity : 0.1238
Mrs. Bernier, wife of the President
Gabrielle Dorziat
Popularity : 0.1619
Telegraphist who discovered the corpse
Jean Daurand
Popularity : 0.1022
Brigadier
Robert Ozanne
Popularity : 0.085
Soldier, confined in the room of a “country”
Julien Carette
Popularity : 0.2672
Marie, Lydia's dresser
Elmire Vautier
Popularity : 0.1177
Tenant
Lina Darwils
Popularity : 0
Gaby's gigolo
Claude Sainval
Popularity : 0.0546
Madame Mathieu's maid
Raymone
Popularity : 0.0576
Mr. Martin, blind, father of Madeleine
Jean Joffre
Popularity : 0.0744
Paulette
Lise Courbet
Popularity : 0.0143
Jules, government minister and Gaby's lover
Marcel Simon
Popularity : 0.0534
Taxi driver (uncredited)
Georges Bever
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Taxi driver (uncredited)
Georges Malkine
Popularity : 0.077
Agent (uncredited)
Rivers Cadet
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Agent (uncredited)
Franck Maurice
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Agent (uncredited)
Robert Moor
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Pianist of the “Perroquet” (uncredited)
Jean Wiener
Popularity : 0.0888
Bum on the bench (uncredited)
Yves Mirande
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(uncredited)
Roger Doucet
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(uncredited)
Hélène Flouest
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(uncredited)
Henri Nassiet
Popularity : 0.0947
