The bell ringer at a way station in the French Alps, murders a passing horse trader with a thrown rock and relieves him of his bankroll, in order to bribe the daughter of his only friend, a head injury victim considered the village simpleton, into marrying him, despite her love for a lowly woodsman who is, in turn, being cajoled into marriage by the daughter of the wealthy innkeeper.
Lucien Coëdel | Jean-Baptiste, le campanier |
Fernand Ledoux | Fabret, le 'lièvre' |
Renée Faure | Catherine Fabret |
Madeleine Robinson | Marthe |
Roger Pigaut | Pierre |
Georges Tourreil | Le brigadier |
Pierre Labry | L'idiot du village |
Michel Piccoli | Un villageois |
Léonce Corne | Le cordonnier |
Marcel Pérès | Un villageois |
Jacques Butin | Le gendarme |
Léon Larive | Un villageois |