See it, be amazed at it, but... BE QUIET ABOUT IT!
The cruel and abusive headmaster of a boarding school, Michel Delassalle, is murdered by an unlikely duo -- his meek wife and the mistress he brazenly flaunts. The women become increasingly unhinged by a series of odd occurrences after Delassalle's corpse mysteriously disappears.
Director
Henri-Georges Clouzot
n/a
Release date
January 29, 1955
Top billed cast
Véra Clouzot, Simone Signoret, Jean Brochard, Pierre Larquey, Michel Serrault
Production companies
Véra Films, Filmsonor
Keywords
lover (female), wife, swimming pool, morgue, teacher, plan gone wrong, mistress, hitchcockian, french noir, boys' boarding school, headmaster, philanderer, mischievous children, missing body, abusive husband, abused wife, wicker trunk, frightened woman, surprise ending
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