Star-crossed lovers Thérèse and Laurent think they've gotten away with murder after Thérèse's weakling husband "falls" from a speeding train. But when forced to contend with a blackmailer's demands and the mute accusations of Thérèse's mother-in-law, it's only a matter of time before the law, their passion or blind chance trips them up.
- 6.6
- 1953
- Released
- 1h 46m
Simone Signoret
Thérèse Raquin
Raf Vallone
Laurent
Jacques Duby
Camille Raquin
Maria Pia Casilio
Georgette, la bonne
Sylvie
Madame Raquin
Nerio Bernardi
le médecin
Roland Lesaffre
Henri dit « Riton »
Madeleine Barbulée
Mme Noblet
Marcel André
M. Michaud
Paul Frankeur
le contrôleur dans le train
Lucien Hubert
le chef de gare de Dijon
Jacques Hilling
le serveur de l'hôtel
Alain Terrane
un camionneurMartial Rèbe
M. GrivetBernard Véron
Le postier
Jean Sylvère
Francette Vernillat
Françoise, la bossueJean Rozenberg
Danielle Dumont
Released
fr
- #french noir
Reviews
Thérèse is no Tease. Thérèse Raquin (AKA: The Adultress) is directed by Marcel Carné and Carné co-adapts the screenplay with Charles Spaak from the Émile Zola novel. It stars Simone Signoret, Raf Vallone, Jacques Duby, Maria Pia Casilio and Roland Lesaffre. Music is by Maurice Thiriet and cinematography by Roger Hubert. Carné reworks Zola's novel to be set in post-war Lyon and slips into a f