The Fleeing Dead

(1936)

★ 7.1 IMDb · 8 votes

Genres: Comedy

Year: 1936

Runtime: 85 мин

Country: France

Director: André Berthomieu

Cast: Jules Berry, Мишель Симон, Marie Glory, Fernande Albany, Gaston Mauger, Gabrielle Fontan, Paul Gury, Claire Gérard, Paul Faivre, Jean Diéner

Plot

Two second-rate, hammy actors, Hector Trignol and Achille Baluchet, come up with a fake murder story to draw attention to themselves. Baluchet is to kill Trignol, who will temporarily disappear then reappear, as if by magic, during the trial. But things don't go according to plan.