La forteresse (1947)
1h 39m
Running Time
April 22, 1947Release Date
Plot.
After hearing that a famous actress is dying in a hospital after being hit by a car, a reporter goes to the hospital to interview the actress. She then tells the reporter that her wealthy fiance, who was killed in an accident several years before, was actually murdered. Before long the reporter finds herself in a web of corruption, mental illness and murder.
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Cast & Crew.
Paul Dupuis
Michel Lacoste
Jacques Auger
Albert Frederic
Nicole Germain
Marie Roberts
Henri Letondal
Edward Durant
Lucie Poitras
Mother Superior
Armande Lebrun
Renee Brancourt
Mimi D'Estée
Blanche Lacoste
George Alexander
Rolland Bédard
Louis-Philippe Hebert
Arthur Lefebvre
Albert Cloutier
Writer
W.L. Bagier
Editor
Richard J. Jarvis
Editor
Michael Lennox
Story
Rian James
Writer
Media.
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Wiki.
La Forteresse (released in the United States as The Fortress) is a 1947 Canadian feature film directed by Fyodor Otsep that uses a French language screenplay by Rian James and Leonard Lee. The films stars Paul Dupuis as Michel Lacoste, Jacques Auger as Albert Frédéric, Nicole Germain as Marie Roberts, Henri Letondal as Edward Durant, Lucie Poitras as Mother Superior, Armande Lebrun as Renée Brancourt, and Mimi D'Estée as Blanche Lacoste. Composer Morris Davis wrote the picture's film score. An English language version entitled Whispering City, with different actors, was made simultaneously.