The Murdered Model

The Murdered Model (French: Le mannequin assassiné) is a 1948 French-Belgian comedy crime film directed by Pierre de Hérain and starring Blanchette Brunoy, Gilbert Gil and Julien Carette. It is based on the 1932 novel The Murdered Model by Stanislas-André Steeman. It was shot at the Buttes-Chaumont Studios in Paris. The film's sets were designed by the art director Lucien Aguettand. It marked the screen debut of Anne Vernon who went on to star in French and British films.

Synopsis
A mannequin stolen from the a shop window is found stabbed to death. It bears a curious resemblance to a man who was killed a year before.

Cast

 * Blanchette Brunoy as Laure
 * Gilbert Gil as Armand
 * Julien Carette as Léonisse
 * Daniel Gélin as 	Léopold
 * Jean-Roger Caussimon as 	Jérôme
 * Anne Vernon as 	Irène
 * Jacques Castelot as 	Emile
 * Jacques Sevrannes as 	Gilbert
 * Robert Balpo as Le chef de train
 * Geneviève Callix as 	Rose
 * André Gabriello as Charles
 * Pierre Magnier as 	Le notaire
 * Albert Dinan as 	Didier
 * Stanislas-André Steeman as 	Le docteur Furnelle
 * Mathilde Casadesus as Madame Malaise
 * Robert Lussac as Le commissaire Aimé Malaise
 * Germaine Dermoz as Irma
 * Albert Broquin as Un consommateur
 * Sylvain as Le clerc de notaire