The Red Inn
Oct 19 1951
•2h 44m
•Comedy, Crime
A group of travelers, including a monk, stay in a lonely inn in the mountains. The host confesses the monk his habit of serving poisoned soup to the guests, to rob their possessions and to bury them in the backyard.
Cast
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Fernandel
The Monk
Françoise Rosay
Marie Martin
Marie-Claire Olivia
Mathilde
Jean-Roger Caussimon
Darwin
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