The read
Critics rate it 23 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 25m.
Synopsis
Paula Nelson goes to Atlantic City to meet her lover, Richard Politzer, but finds him dead and decides to investigate his death. In her hotel room, she meets Typhus, whom she ends up knocking out. His corpse is later found in the apartment of David Goodis, a writer. Paula is arrested and interrogated. From then on, she encounters many gangsters.
Ratings
IMDb6.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes85%
Critics rate it 23 points higher than audiences do.
107 audience votes
Key crew
- Jean-Luc GodardDirector
- Jean-Luc GodardWriter
Cast
- Anna KarinaPaula Nelson
- László SzabóPaul Widmark
- Jean-Pierre LéaudDonald Siegel
- Marianne FaithfullMarianne Faithfull
- Yves AfonsoDavid Goodis
- Claude BakkaMan with Marianne Faithfull (uncredited)
- Daniel BartPoliceman (uncredited)
- Jean-Pierre BiesseRichard Nixon (uncredited)
- Jean-Claude BouillonInspector Aldrich (uncredited)
- Fernand CoquetBill Poster (uncredited)
- Marc DudicourtBarman (uncredited)
- Rémo ForlaniWorkman in Bar (uncredited)