It Happened at the Inn

1943 film

14 April 1943 (1943-04-14)

Running time

104 minutesCountryFranceLanguageFrench

It Happened at the Inn (French: Goupi mains rouges) is a 1943 French mystery film directed by Jacques Becker and starring Fernand Ledoux, Robert Le Vigan, Georges Rollin and Blanchette Brunoy.^[1] It follows an investigation into the family members of an old woman who has been murdered. The film is based on the 1937 novel with the same title by Pierre Véry.^[2] It was released in France on 14 April 1943.^[3]

The film was shot at the Epinay Studios in Paris, with location filming taking place around Charente.

Cast

Fernand Ledoux as Goupi-Mains rouges
Robert Le Vigan as Goupi-Tonkin
Georges Rollin as Goupi-Monsieur
Blanchette Brunoy as Goupi-Muguet
Arthur Devère as Goupi-Mes sous
Germaine Kerjean as Goupi-Tisane
Maurice Schutz as Goupi-L'Empereur
Guy Favières as Goupi-La Loi
Marcelle Hainia as Goupi-Cancan
René Génin as Goupi-Dicton
Albert Rémy as Jean des Goupis
Line Noro as Marie des Goupis
Marcel Pérès as Eusèbe, le gendarme
Louis Seigner as L'instituteur
Pierre Labry as Minain
Maurice Marceau as Un porteur à la gare

References

^ Slide p.61
^ "Goupi Mains-Rouges". bifi.fr (in French). Cinémathèque Française. Retrieved 2015-10-05.
^ "It Happened at the Inn". UniFrance Films. Retrieved 2015-10-05.