La femme fatale 1946

Fanny Le Doublond has a lover, Jean, and her husband is beginning to have suspicion. To calm him down she makes him believe that Jean dies of love for another woman and wants to commit suicide if his love is not returned. The two accomplices select a young creature named Claire Coussol for the (unwitting role)of the "beloved". As for Jean, he plays the suicidal man to perfection. But what the two lovers had not planned at all is that Claire, deeply moved by Jean's "act of desperation", starts growing fond of him.

Cast:

Robert Arnoux
Monsieur Coussol 

Pierre Brasseur
Jean Pleyard 

Marguerite de Morlaye
The old player 

Philippe Dumat
The bartender 

Arsenio Freignac
Antonio 

Jacqueline Gauthier
Fanny Le Doublond