The Man with a Cloak

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

Nov 27, 1951 1h 24m

6.9

19 votes

Synopsis

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.

Title	The Man with a Cloak
Companies	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Countries	United States of America
Keywords	new york city, dying man, old man, film noir, inheritance, last will and testament, housekeeper, frenchwoman, estranged family member, rich man, crooked butler, 19th century, murder plot, 1840s