No Pockets in a Shroud
Genres
Overview
In the newspaper he has just founded, journalist Dolannes exposes all the wheeling and dealing and scandals that go on in his town. But the day he exposes the socialist mayor's homosexual crime, he is shot dead by an unknown assailant in a cul-de-sac just before the paper is due to appear.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
125 min
Release Date
1974-10-25
Status
Released
Original Language
French
Vote Count
22
Vote Average
5.4
Jean-Pierre Mocky
Michel Dolannes
Jean Carmet
Commissioner Bude
Michel Constantin
Culli
Michel Galabru
Thomas
Daniel Gélin
Laurence
Michael Lonsdale
Raymond
Jean-Pierre Marielle
Doctor Carlille
Martine Sarcey
Madame Mardène
Michel Serrault
Justin Blesh
Myriam Mézières
Mira Barnowski
Francis Blanche
Nathaël Grissom
Christian Duvaleix
Jo
Jess Hahn
Walter
Sylvia Kristel
Avril
Lisa Livane
Anne-Marie Minecci
Marisa Muxen
Liliane Blesh
Laurence Vincendon
Young nun
Katia Romanoff
Nurse
Dominique Zardi
Henchman
Alan Adair
David
Betty Beckers
Madame Carlille
Robert Berri
Communist militant
Jacques Duby
Eckmann
Samson Fainsilber
Gonzague
Pierre Gualdi
Ferdinand Blesh
Paul Müller
Minecci
Liza Braconnier
Madame Culli
Rudy Lenoir
Journalist
Georges Lucas
Made-up actor
Roxiane De Montaignac
Guy Denancy
Bernard
Blanche Raynal
Woman in the bathroom
Jean-Claude Rémoleux
Stage manager
Jean-Claude Romer
Reader of Cosmopolite
Percival Russel
Boxer
Carl Studer
Raff
Agostino Vasco
Doudou
Jean Abeillé
Employee at the listening tables / Bailiff Raymond (uncredited)
Luc Andrieux
Machine gun killer (uncredited)
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