Alice Rémon, a pharmacist, is a prostitute who managed to leave the streets by getting married. Her husband dies one day, poisoned. Her mother-in-law, who hates her, accuses her of murder.
Social & External
The people behind it
Danièle Delorme
Alice Rémon or Dumas
Jacques Duby
René
Vega Vinci
Gigi
Henri-Jacques Huet
Mario
Jane Marken
Mrs. Rémon, Alice's mother-in-law
Florence Arnaud
Gabriel Cattand
Lawyer
Claude Goaty
Monique Vita
Françoise Delbart
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