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The Fleeing Dead

The Fleeing Dead

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 2, 1936

Runtime

1h 25m

Genres

Comedy

User Score

71%

Original Title

Le Mort en fuite

Production Companies

Films Roger Richebé

Director

André Berthomieu

Description

Two second-rate, hammy actors, Hector Trignol and Achille Baluchet, come up with a fake murder story to draw attention to themselves. Baluchet is to kill Trignol, who will temporarily disappear then reappear, as if by magic, during the trial. But things don't go according to plan.