The Fleeing Dead

Name: The Fleeing Dead
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1936-01-02
Duration: 1 h 25 min
Rating: 7.1
Cast: Jules Berry, Michel Simon, Marie Glory, Fernande Albany, Gaston Mauger

January 2, 1936
Directed by
André Berthomieu

Two second-rate, hammy actors, Hector Trignol and Achille Baluchet, come up with a fake murder story to draw attention to themselves. Baluchet is to kill Trignol, who will temporarily disappear then reappear, as if by magic, during the trial. But things don't go according to plan.