The Hunting Ground (1951)

Comedy
Drama

In Cantagrel, Urbain Coindet, a farmer and town councilor in his forties, finds his wife hanging from a beam in the barn. Aurélie Coindet has committed suicide but not everybody is convinced. The village is soon divided in two conflicting sides, the Republicans who support Urbain and the clericals accusing him of murder, which particularly suits Frédéric, a tobacco smuggler who hates the farmer. Urbain's case becomes even worse as he develops a tender feeling for Jeanne, a sweet young lady who happens to be Frédéric's sister...

Cast

Urbain Coindet, paysan et conseiller municipal
Frédéric Gari, contrebandier et frère de Jeanne
La Cornette
Une commère
Un client du bistrot
Felicien Berger
Le brigadier (uncredited)
Une des filles Milloin (uncredited)
Capucet, le garde-champêtre ivrogne
le père Gari
Jeanne Gari, la belle jeune femme courtisée par Urbain
le père Milloin, le beau-père d'Urbain
Heloise Miloin
M.Forgeral

Crew

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