The Crime of Monsieur Lange
1936 · 80 MIN · IMDB 7.3 · 3,819 VOTES · DIR. Jean Renoir
Overview
A man and a woman arrive in a cafe-hotel near the Belgian frontier. The customers recognize the man from the police's description: his name is Amedee Lange, and he murdered somebody in Paris. Lange was an employee in a printing works. His boss was a real bastard, swindling every one, seducing female workers... One day he fled to avoid facing his creditors, and the workers set up a cooperative to go on working. What then made Lange a killer?
Dialogue Timeline — 1,026 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:01:27 THE FRONTIER HOTEL
00:04:55 What if he killed his mother!
00:08:19 You look half asleep still
00:11:02 No, but I've not been paid for a week
00:14:09 and the body isn't visible
00:16:33 I feel sick!
00:19:30 You'd be a fool not to buy Oh, I wouldn't say that!
00:23:04 Duchat... not here
00:25:25 One night, an old man stopped me on the stairway
00:28:38 but she's no good for him...
00:31:20 I can't stand him
00:33:53 Mind your leg I don't give a damn about my leg!
00:36:51 I'm getting out
00:39:42 Listen, Estelle, that Batala is the biggest crook I've ever met
00:44:04 Is it true what they are saying?
00:47:26 Many passengers suffering from shock have disappeared without trace
00:50:18 We're trying to organize things but...
00:52:58 A moment! I have something to say...
00:56:02 I laugh because he's dead and I love you.
01:00:14 You will come, Mr. Meunier?
01:03:53 Go to it, darling.
01:07:18 And what legs!
01:11:05 I've come from someone who is dying.
200:00:00 we'll settle Meunier.
Cast & Characters
René Lefèvre
Amédée Lange
Florelle
Valentine
Jules Berry
Batala
Marcel Lévesque
The Concierge
Odette Talazac
The Concierge's Wife
Henri Guisol
The Son Meunier
Maurice Baquet
Charles, The Concierges' Son
Jacques B. Brunius
Mr. Baigneur
Sylvain Itkine
Inspector Itkine
Sylvain Itkine
Batala's cousin
Marcel Duhamel
The Foreman
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,026
Dialogue density12.8 lines / min
First line00:01:27
Final line200:00:00
Production Record
DirectorJean Renoir
LanguageFrench
IMDb votes3,819