The Bellman (1945)

The bell ringer at a way station in the French Alps, murders a passing horse trader with a thrown rock and relieves him of his bankroll, in order to bribe the daughter of his only friend, a head injury victim considered the village simpleton, into marrying him, despite her love for a lowly woodsman who is, in turn, being cajoled into marriage by the daughter of the wealthy innkeeper.
Christian-Jaque
Lucien Coëdel, Fernand Ledoux, Renée Faure, Roger Pigaut, Madeleine Robinson, Pierre Labry, Georges Tourreil, Sinoël, Léonce Corne, Marcel Pérès, Les Danseurs du Massif Central, Le Cheval Caïd de la Cavalerie Carré, Jacques Butin, Léon Larive, Michel Piccoli
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