Meant to be a psychological study of a dysfunctional couple and an equally unbalanced maid, this slow-paced, murky melodrama stars Michele Morgan and Robert Hossein as Thelma and Jess, two Americans who move into a down-at-the-heels Paris neighborhood. The couple is still suffering from the loss of their only son in an automobile accident that happened some time in the distant past. Thelma tends to drown her sorrows in alcohol, while Jess is introspected and morose. After they hire a maid to help out with the housework, she falls for the taciturn Jess. Her interest seems to be only a simple attraction, yet appearances, as it turns out, are deceiving.
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The Wretches Cast
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Michèle Morgan
She was 40, 96 years old when she died
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as Thelma Rooland |
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Robert Hossein
He was 32, now 96 years old
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as Jess Rooland |
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Donald O'Brien
He was 29, 73 years old when he died
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Frank Latimore
He was 34, 73 years old when he died
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Alice Sapritch
She was 43, 73 years old when she died
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Jacqueline Morane
She was 45, 56 years old when she died
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Paul Bisciglia
He was 31, 81 years old when he died
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Robert Porte
He was 37, 43 years old when he died
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Perrette Pradier
She was 22, 74 years old when she died
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Olivier Hussenot
He was 46, 64 years old when he died
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Pierre Roussel
He was 236, 58 years old when he died
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The Wretches Crew
