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No Pockets in a Shroud
No Pockets in a Shroud

No Pockets in a Shroud

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DramaCrime

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In the newspaper he has just founded, journalist Dolannes exposes all the wheeling and dealing and scandals that go on in his town. But the day he exposes the socialist mayor's homosexual crime, he is shot dead by an unknown assailant in a cul-de-sac just before the paper is due to appear.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

French

Runtime

125 mins

Rating

5.4/10

Release Date

25 October 1974

Country

France

Cast

Jean-Pierre Mocky

Jean-Pierre Mocky

Michel Dolannes

Jean Carmet

Jean Carmet

Commissioner Bude

Michel Constantin

Michel Constantin

Culli

Michel Galabru

Michel Galabru

Thomas

Daniel Gélin

Daniel Gélin

Laurence

Michael Lonsdale

Michael Lonsdale

Raymond

Jean-Pierre Marielle

Jean-Pierre Marielle

Doctor Carlille

Martine Sarcey

Martine Sarcey

Madame Mardène

Michel Serrault

Michel Serrault

Justin Blesh

Myriam Mézières

Myriam Mézières

Mira Barnowski

Francis Blanche

Francis Blanche

Nathaël Grissom

Christian Duvaleix

Christian Duvaleix

Jo

Jess Hahn

Jess Hahn

Walter

Sylvia Kristel

Sylvia Kristel

Avril

Lisa Livane

Lisa Livane

Anne-Marie Minecci

Marisa Muxen

Marisa Muxen

Liliane Blesh

Laurence Vincendon

Laurence Vincendon

Young nun

Katia Romanoff

Katia Romanoff

Nurse

Dominique Zardi

Dominique Zardi

Henchman

Alan Adair

Alan Adair

David

Betty Beckers

Betty Beckers

Madame Carlille

Robert Berri

Robert Berri

Communist militant

Jacques Duby

Jacques Duby

Eckmann

Samson Fainsilber

Samson Fainsilber

Gonzague

Pierre Gualdi

Pierre Gualdi

Ferdinand Blesh

Paul Müller

Paul Müller

Minecci

Liza Braconnier

Liza Braconnier

Madame Culli

Rudy Lenoir

Rudy Lenoir

Journalist

Georges Lucas

Georges Lucas

Made-up actor

Roxiane De Montaignac

Roxiane De Montaignac

Guy Denancy

Guy Denancy

Bernard

Blanche Raynal

Blanche Raynal

Woman in the bathroom

Jean-Claude Rémoleux

Jean-Claude Rémoleux

Stage manager

Jean-Claude Romer

Jean-Claude Romer

Reader of Cosmopolite

Percival Russel

Percival Russel

Boxer

Carl Studer

Carl Studer

Raff

Agostino Vasco

Agostino Vasco

Doudou

Jean Abeillé

Jean Abeillé

Employee at the listening tables / Bailiff Raymond (uncredited)

Luc Andrieux

Luc Andrieux

Machine gun killer (uncredited)

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