The Puritan (1938)
Le puritain (original title)

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
	Pierre Fresnay	...	Le commissaire Lavan
	Jean-Louis Barrault	...	Francis Ferriter
	Viviane Romance	...	Molly
	Louis-Jacques Boucot	...	Monsieur Kelly (as Boucot)
	Mady Berry	...	Madame Kelly
	Alexandre Rignault	...	Le docteur O'Leary
	Fréhel
	Ludmilla Pitoëff	...	La tante de Thérésa
	Alla Donell	...	Thérésa Burke
	Rosita Montenegro
	Marcel Vallée
	Georges Flamant	...	Callaghan
	Pedro Elviro	...	Un agent de la Sûreté (as Pitouto)
	Charblay
	Jean Tissier

Storyline

A religious fanatic finds his entire life and philosophy turned upside-down as he falls in love with a girl and kills her in a jealous rage. His search is for peace of mind and a desire to justify the murder of the girl to himself. His mind becomes distraught as he gropes trying to rationalize his deed and his world falls apart around him. A police inspector patiently and tirelessly stays on Barrault's trail, without putting him under arrest, though convinced he is the murderer, and waiting for the moment when he feels Barrault will break under the strain of his own religious fanaticism. Written by Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>  

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