A Hen on a Wall (French: Une poule sur un mur) is a 1936 French crime film directed by Maurice Gleize and starring Jules Berry, Pierre Larquey and Christiane Delyne.^[1] The title refers to a French children's song.

A peasant girl claims she has been sexually assaulted. An investigating detective discovers this to be untrue, but also reveals hidden secrets about many of the village inhabitants.

• Jules Berry as Henri Sornin
• Pierre Larquey as Bob Pouvrier
• Christiane Delyne as Betty Pouvrier
• Monique Rolland as Fossette Sornin
• Saturnin Fabre as Monsieur Amédée
• Sinoël as L'oncle Albert
• Jeanne Fusier-Gir
• Andrée Champeaux
• Serjius as Gustave
• René Alié
• Jacqueline Prévot
• Georges Bever
• Carlos Machado

• Crisp, Colin. Genre, Myth and Convention in the French Cinema, 1929-1939. Indiana University Press, 2002.

• A Hen on a Wall at IMDb