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A Balasaur Score of 85 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.9/10, Rotten Tomatoes 93%, Metacritic 94/100. Critics rate it 15 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 93% of the 160 1950s crime movies in this catalog. Streaming on Max.
Synopsis
A self-assured businessman murders his employer, husband of his mistress, which unintentionally provokes an ill-fated chain of events.
Ratings
IMDb7.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes93%
Metacritic94/100
Critics rate it 15 points higher than audiences do.
730 audience votes
Key crew
- Miles DavisOriginal Music Composer
- Roger NimierScreenplay
- Louis MalleScreenplay
- Louis MalleDirector
Cast
- Jeanne MoreauFlorence Carala
- Maurice RonetJulien Tavernier
- Georges PoujoulyLouis
- Yori BertinVéronique
- Jean WallSimon Carala
- Elga AndersenFrieda Bencker
- Sylviane AisensteinYvonne, la Fille du Bar
- Micheline BonaGeneviève
- Gisèle GrandpréJacqueline Mauclair
- Jacqueline StaupAnna
- Marcel CuvelierLe Réceptionniste du Motel
- Gérard DarrieuMaurice
Stills
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Themes
secret loveparis, francecar racesuicide attemptarms dealphotographycamerasuspicion of murderhearingdefense industrymotelblackout
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