''Full House'' (French: ''Brelan d'as'') is a 1952 French
mystery crime film
Crime film is a film belonging to the crime fiction genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and fiction. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine with many other genres, such as Drama (film and television), dr ...
directed by
Henri Verneuil and starring
Michel Simon,
Raymond Rouleau,
John Van Dreelen,
Arlette Merry and
Nathalie Nattier.
[Oscherwitz & Higgins p.385] It consists of three separate episodes, each featuring a popular detective character:
Jules Maigret,
Monsieur Wens and
Lemmy Caution. It was shot at the
Photosonor Studios in
Paris
Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ...
and
on location in the city and around
Hamburg
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. The film's sets were designed by the
art director
Art director is a title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, live-action and animated film and television, the Internet, and video games.
It is the charge of a sole art director to supe ...
René Moulaert.
Cast
Le témoignage d'un enfant de choeur
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Michel Simon as Le commissaire Jules Maigret
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Claire Olivier as Madame Maigret
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Marguerite Garcya as La mère de Justin
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Alexandre Rignault as L'inspecteur Janvier
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Jérôme Goulven as Simon Lesueur - le brocanteur
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Christian Fourcade as Justin
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Louis Blanche as Le juge
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Henri Marchand as Le prêtre
L'alibi de monsieur Wens
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Raymond Rouleau as L'inspecteur Wenceslas Vorobeïtchik dit Wens
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Arlette Merry as Florence Garnier
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Jacqueline Porel as Denise
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René Génin as Le concierge
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André Dalibert as Le commissaire Malaise
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Maurice Teynac as Heldinge
Je suis un tendre
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John Van Dreelen as Lemmy Caution
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Nathalie Nattier as Michèle Leroy
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Inge Landgut as Gisella Hauptmann
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Pierre Sergeol as Leblond
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Reinhard Kolldehoff as Hartner
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Georges Tabet as Hubert
References
Bibliography
* Oscherwitz, Dayna & Higgins, MaryEllen. ''The A to Z of French Cinema''. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
* Rège, Philippe. ''Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1''. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
External links
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1952 films
French crime films
1952 crime films
1950s French-language films
Films directed by Henri Verneuil
1950s French films
Films shot in Paris
Films shot in Hamburg
Pathé films
Jules Maigret films
Films scored by Hans May
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