''La Poison'' is a 1951 French comedy drama film, written and directed by

Sacha Guitry Alexandre-Pierre Georges "Sacha" Guitry (; 21 February 188524 July 1957) was a French stage actor, film actor, director, screenwriter, and playwright of the boulevard theatre. He was the son of a leading French actor, Lucien Guitry, and follow ...

, starring Michel Simon and Louis de Funès.

Cast

* Michel Simon: Paul Louis Victor Braconnier, the gardener *

Germaine Reuver Germaine Reuver (1885–1953) was a French stage and film actress.Goble p.18 Selected filmography * '' Miss Helyett'' (1933) * ''Lake of Ladies'' (1934) * '' Inspector of the Red Cars'' (1935) * ''Madame Angot's Daughter'' (1935) * '' Caprices'' ...

: Blandine Braconnier, Paul's wife * Jean Debucourt: Maître Aubanel, the famous lawyer * Louis de Funès: André Chevillard, a citizen of Remonville *

Marcelle Arnold Marcelle Arnold (4 May 1917 – 31 March 2010) was a French film, stage and television actress.Turk p.441 Selected filmography * ''Dédée d'Anvers'' (1948) - Magda - la prostituée au perroquet * ''All Roads Lead to Rome'' (1949) - Hermine * ...

: Germaine Chevillard, André's wife * Georges Bever: Mr Gaillard, the chemist of Remonville * Nicolas Amato: Victor Boitevin, an inhabitant *

Jacques Varennes Jacques Varennes (6 September 1894 – 8 November 1958) was a French film actor who appeared in around seventy films during his career. He appeared in Maurice Tourneur's 1938 historical film '' The Patriot''.Waldman p.156 Selected filmography * ...

: the prosecutor * Jeanne Fusier-Gir: Mrs Tyberghen, the florist * Pauline Carton: Mrs Michaud, the grocer * Albert Duvaleix: Abbot Méthivier *

Léon Walther Léon Walther (2 June 1874 – 2 March 1973) was a French film and stage actor who played on numerous occasions in Sacha Guitry's films and plays. Filmography * 1935: ''Odette / Déchéance'' by Jacques Houssin – Count Hubert de Clermont- ...

: a senior magistrate *

Henry Laverne Henry Laverne (born Henri Allum; 1888 or 1890 – 4 September 1953) was a French stage and film actor; Laverne was also a comedian and humorist for a decade, as well as a singer on occasion. As an actor, he was usually billed Henry-Laverne in h ...

: Judiciary President *

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: Henri, an inhabitant

Remake

The film was remade by Jean Becker as '' A Crime in Paradise'' in 2001.

References

External links

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''La Poison''
at the ''Films de France''
''La poison—or, How to Kill Your Wife''
an essay by Ginette Vincendeau at the

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1951 films 1951 comedy-drama films French comedy-drama films 1950s French-language films French black-and-white films Films set in Paris Films directed by Sacha Guitry 1950s French films {{1950s-France-film-stub