Cecile Is Dead

{{short description|1944 film}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Cecile Is Dead

| image = Cecile Is Dead.jpg

| caption =

| director = Maurice Tourneur

| producer =

|based_on = Cecile Is Dead by Georges Simenon

| writer = Jean-Paul Le Chanois
Michel Duran

| starring = Albert Préjean
Santa Relli
Germaine Kerjean

| music = Roger Dumas

| cinematography = Pierre Montazel

| editing = Gérard Bensdorp

| studio = Continental Films

| distributor = L'Alliance Cinématographique Européenne

| released = {{Film date|1944|03|08|df=yes}}

| runtime = 90 minutes

| country = France

| language = French

| budget =

| gross =

}}

Cecile Is Dead (French: Cécile est morte!) is a 1944 French crime film directed by Maurice Tourneur and starring Albert Préjean, Santa Relli and Germaine Kerjean. It is based on the 1942 novel of the same title by Georges Simenon featuring his detective Jules Maigret.{{sfn|Waldman|2001|p=137}}

The film's sets were designed by the art director Guy de Gastyne. The film was made by the German-controlled Continental Films.

Main cast

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Bibliography

  • {{cite book|last=Waldman|first=Harry|title=Maurice Tourneur: The Life and Films|publisher=McFarland|year=2001|isbn=978-0786409570|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/mauricetourneurl00wald}}