The read
It runs a compact 1h 24m.
Synopsis
Paris, 1937. Winckler kills his enemy Gordon, a Chicago mobster, from the stage of a Parisian music hall, where he performs telepathy. He pays another artist, Helene, so that she tells the police they've spent the night together, which doesn't fool Callas, the police officer who investigates the murder. He hires one of his fellow officers in order to seduce Helene.
Ratings
IMDb6.8/10
15 audience votes
Key crew
- Pierre ChenalDirector
- Marcel AchardWriter
Cast
- Erich von StroheimProfessor Winckler
- Louis JouvetCommissioner Calas
- Jany HoltHélène Ardouin
- Albert PréjeanAndré Laurent
- Véra FloryBarmaid
- Foun-SenWinckler's assistant
- Génia VauryBarmaid
- Made SiaméCalas's secretary
- Roger BlinKretz, Winckler's henchman
- Philippe RichardJohn Gordon
- Jean TémersonJojo, Dany's friend
- Maurice BaquetGérard