Das Geheimnis der blauen Limousine (1942)

Das Geheimnis der blauen Limousine: Directed by Georges Lacombe. With Raimu, Aimé Clariond, René Bergeron, Paul Amiot. On a rainy night, eccentric tramp Mr La Souris finds a corpse. But the body soon vanishes in his car leaving only his wallet. While the police start investigating a missing person report, La Souris concocts a plan to secure his find.

“A minor but nonetheless interesting director ,Georges Lacombe made at least two very good movies u0026quot; Pays Sans Etoiles u0026quot; and u0026quot;Le Dernier Des Six u0026quot;;with screenplays written by Pierre Very or the master HG Clouzot (even Tarentino pays a tribute to two of his movies in u0026quot;Inglourious Basterdsu0026quot;),you play safe anyway.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eLike the two aforementioned works ,u0026quot;Monsieur La Sourisu0026quot; is based on a great writeru0026#39;s book ,Georges Simenon adapted by Marcel Achard.For all that ,the story is not that exciting,being a derivative whodunit with an unexpected twist a la Agatha Christie .The reason why you would watch this is Raimu.Thanks to his huge talent,you never yawn from boredom:he portrays a tramp -his nickname is u0026quot;La Sourisu0026quot; (the mouse)- on the street ,who gets involved in a criminal affair and plays the occasional detective :he is better at it than the Police (Poirot and Japp,no less).u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eRaimuu0026#39;s final (very long)lines are priceless and are worth the price of admission alone.”