The Bellman

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.

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  Christian-Jaque

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  Lucien Coëdel
  The Bellman, Jean-Baptiste
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  Fernand Ledoux
  Fabret, his friend
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  Renée Faure
  Catherine Fabret
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  Roger Pigaut
  Pierre
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  Madeleine Robinson
  Marthe
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  Pierre Labry
  The Innkeeper (Marthe's father)
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  Georges Tourreil
  The Brigadier of the Gendarmerie
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  Sinoël
  Marie-Thérèse, the old woman
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  Léonce Corne
  Inn Patron "Not From These Parts"
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  Marcel Pérès
  Inn Patron with Dark Black Hair and Mustache
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  Les Danseurs du Massif Central
  The Festival Dance Villagers
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  Le Cheval Caïd de la Cavalerie Carré
  The Black Horse
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  Jacques Butin
  Le gendarme
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  Léon Larive
  Un villageois
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  Michel Piccoli
  Un villageois