Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 118 min
- Age rating
- NR
- Language
- French
- Country
- France
- Frights
- Mild
Why tonight?
- In French — subtitles on.
The story
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.
- wife
- female lover
- morgue
- swimming pool
- teacher
- plan gone wrong
- mistress
- black and white
- french noir
- boys' boarding school
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Véra Clouzot
Christina Delassalle
Simone Signoret
Nicole Horner
Paul Meurisse
Michel Delassalle
Charles Vanel
Police Inspector Alfred Fichet
- Jean Brochard — Plantiveau
- Pierre Larquey — Mr. Drain
- Michel Serrault — Mr. Raymond
- Yves-Marie Maurin — Moinet
- Georges Poujouly — Soudieu
- Thérèse Dorny — Mrs. Herboux
- Noël Roquevert — Mr. Herboux
- Jean Lefebvre — Robert
- Robert Dalban — Garage Owner
- Georges Chamarat — Dr. Loisy
- Madeleine Suffel — Counter Clerk
- Directed
- Henri-Georges Clouzot
- Written
- Jérôme Géronimi, Henri-Georges Clouzot
Production
- Studio
- Véra Films, Filmsonor
If this stayed with you
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