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The Man with a Cloak (1951)

The Man with a Cloak (1951)

Drama Crime Thriller Mystery

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

Release Date: 1951, November 27
Directors: Fletcher Markle
Countries: United States of America
Production: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Cast: Joe De Santis, Richard Hale, Mitchell Lewis, Joseph Cotten, Jean Inness, Roy Roberts, Leslie Caron, Barbara Stanwyck, Louis Calhern, Jim Backus, Nicholas Joy, Margaret Wycherly

Overview:

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.

Keywords:

new york city film noir housekeeper inheritance 19th century dying man rich man old man estranged family member last will and testament murder plot 1840s frenchwoman crooked butler