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The Tenth Man

6.8 100 mins Drama   TV Movie   1988
MGM Television   Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions   CBS Entertainment Productions  
Director(s): Jack Gold

During World War 2 the Germans arrested people at random off the streets of Paris and in retaliation to sabotage by the resistance announced the execution of one in ten prisoners. Chosen as one of the victims, lawyer Chavel trades his place with another man in return for all his possessions. At the end of the war he returns to his house and tries to integrate himself with the family of the man who traded places with him, all the while hiding his true identity. However matters are complicated when a stranger arrives claiming to be Chavel.

Casts of The Tenth Man

Anthony Hopkins

as Jean Louis Cheval

Kristin Scott Thomas

as Therese Mangeot

Derek Jacobi

as The Imposter

Cyril Cusack

as The Priest

Brenda Bruce

as Madame Mangeot

Timothy Watson

as Michel Mangeot

Jim Carter

as Pierre

Paul Rogers

as Breton

Peter Jonfield

as Roche

Michael Attwell

as Krogh

Geoffrey Bayldon

as Elderly Clerk

Robert Morgan

as German Officer

Patrice Valota

as Voisin

John Bennett

as Jules

Alan Rossett

as Prisoner #3

Guy Matchoro

as Prisoner #4

François Lalande

as Prisoner #5

Sébastien Floche

as Concierge

Eva Schmidt

as Secretary

Brigitte Barilley

as (uncredited)

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