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A Balasaur Score of 84 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 8.1/10, Rotten Tomatoes 95%. Critics rate it 14 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 87% of the 109 1950s thriller movies in this catalog. Streaming on Max.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb8.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes95%
Critics rate it 14 points higher than audiences do.
1,130 audience votes
Key crew
- Henri-Georges ClouzotDirector
- Georges Van ParysOriginal Music Composer
- Henri-Georges ClouzotWriter
- Jérôme GéronimiWriter
Cast
- Véra ClouzotChristina Delassalle
- Simone SignoretNicole Horner
- Paul MeurisseMichel Delassalle
- Charles VanelPolice Inspector Alfred Fichet
- Jean BrochardPlantiveau
- Pierre LarqueyMr. Drain
- Michel SerraultMr. Raymond
- Yves-Marie MaurinMoinet
- Georges PoujoulySoudieu
- Thérèse DornyMrs. Herboux
- Noël RoquevertMr. Herboux
- Jean LefebvreRobert
Stills
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Themes
wifefemale lovermorgueswimming poolteacherplan gone wrongmistressblack and whitefrench noirboys' boarding schoolheadmasterphilanderer
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