The Man with a Cloak

1951·84'

Fletcher Markle

ThrillerDramaMysteryCrime

★ 6.8

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What strange hold did this man have over the lives of these two beautiful women ?

Set in 19th-century New York, this mystery begins when a Frenchwoman shows up at the home of one of Napoleon's former marshals. The alcoholic man is badly crippled and slowly dying, but this doesn't stop the forthright lady from pushing him to change his will to include his estranged grandson so that he can help out the struggling French Republic. Unfortunately, the dying man's conniving housekeeper and butler, already planning murder to get the money themselves, overhear her and begin plotting her demise.

Cast

Joseph Cotten Dupin

Barbara Stanwyck Lorna Bounty

Louis Calhern Charles Theverner

Leslie Caron Madeline Minot

Joe De Santis Martin, the butler

Jim Backus Flaherty

Margaret Wycherly Mrs. Flynn, the housekeeper

Richard Hale Durand, the lawyer

Nicholas Joy Dr. Roland

Roy Roberts Policeman

Mitchell Lewis Zack, the waiter

Jean Inness Landlady