The Cigarette

A Parisian museum director believes his wife is cheating on him and so places a poisoned cigarette in the box on his desk, thus allowing chance to decide the moment of his death.

Cast

Andrée Brabant

as Denise Guérande

Gabriel Signoret

as Pierre Guérande

Jules Raucourt

as Maurice Herbert

Genevieve Williams

as Irène de Tramont

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