Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 92 min
- Age rating
- NR
- Language
- French
- Country
- France
- Violence
- Moderate
- Frights
- Mild
Why tonight?
- Under two hours — there is still an evening on the other side of it.
- Reviewed better than most films in the catalogue.
- In French — subtitles on.
The story
A self-assured businessman murders his employer, husband of his mistress, which unintentionally provokes an ill-fated chain of events.
- secret love
- paris
- france
- car race
- suicide attempt
- arms deal
- photography
- camera
- suspicion of murder
- hearing
- defense industry
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Jean Wall — Simon Carala
- Elga Andersen — Frieda Bencker
- Sylviane Aisenstein — Yvonne, la Fille du Bar
- Micheline Bona — Geneviève
- Gisèle Grandpré — Jacqueline Mauclair
- Jacqueline Staup — Anna
- Marcel Cuvelier — Le Réceptionniste du Motel
- Gérard Darrieu — Maurice
- Charles Denner — L'Adjoint du Commissaire Cherrier
- Hubert Deschamps — Le Substitut du Procureur
- Jacques Hilling — Le Garagiste
- Directed
- Louis Malle
- Written
- Louis Malle, Roger Nimier
Production
- Rating
- 7.6 / 10 · 709 ratings
- Studio
- Nouvelles Éditions de Films
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
