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The Mystery of the Yellow Room (1949 film)
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Wikipedia article
'The Mystery of the Yellow Room' (French: 'Le mystre de la chambre jaune') is a 1949 French mystery film directed by Henri Aisner and starring Hlne Perdrire, Serge Reggiani and Pierre Renoir. It is an adaptation of the 1907 novel 'The Mystery of the Yellow Room' by Gaston Leroux. The film's sets were designed by the art director Max Douy. It was followed by a sequel 'The Perfume of the Lady in Black', released the same year.
There were other film adaptations of the novel, in 1919, 1930, and 2003.[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0021168/ imdb.com, The Mystery of the Yellow Room (1930) ][http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the-mystery-of-the-yellow-room/ rottentomatoes.com, "The Mystery of the Yellow Room (Le Mystere de la Chambre Jaune) (2003)]
Plot
A young reporter solves a mystery crime. The fictional reporter is Joseph Rouletabille. He works on a complex, and seemingly impossible, crime in which the criminal appears to disappear from a locked room.
Cast
* Hlne Perdrire as Mathilde Stangerson
* Serge Reggiani as Joseph Rouletabille
* Pierre Renoir as Professeur Stangerson
* Lonce Corne as Marquet
* Janine Darcey as Sylvie
* Arthur Devre as Pre Jacques
* Marcel Herrand as Larsan
* Robert Le Fort as Le secrtaire
* Fabien Loris as Julien
* Germaine Michel as La cuisinire
* Gaston Modot as Arthur
* Lucien Nat as Robert Darzac
* Madeleine Barbule as La femme de chambre
See also
* Whodunit
References
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