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
00:04:50 Mind your own business You're not a judge
00:08:06 How do they do it?
00:10:44 Hello, Lange, still dreaming about women?
00:13:45 Yes, and look at that "Arizona Jim"
00:16:10 Drop it all... Come back to earth
00:18:58 He's working on a masterpiece What, this boy?
00:22:13 What's the trouble?
00:24:47 Where? To Mexico... to Arizona
00:27:44 There we are!
00:30:16 or a fortnight
00:33:00 The trouble is you're afraid Me? Afraid? What nonsense!
00:35:36 Where? Anywhere!
00:38:25 an old friend in a moment of difficulty...
00:42:06 Well now, Miss... are you sad?
00:45:40 There are so many criminals about these days
00:48:47 I came to see my cousin to ask him for help
00:51:21 I am owed money too I've supplied paper. I must be paid
00:53:57 Hygiene first... Let the sun shine in!
00:58:36 A fly!
01:01:18 on this sort of thing.
01:05:12 Before... I mean... way back...
01:07:53 How much d'you want? How much?
01:12:05 What's this?
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 line01:12:05
Production Record
DirectorJean Renoir
LanguageFrench
IMDb votes3,819