- Film Review
- Reviewed By Tom Hutchinson
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5 out of 5
In this brilliantly nasty thriller from Henri-Georges Clouzot, the wife (Vera Clouzot) and mistress (Simone Signoret) of a sadistic headmaster (Paul Meurisse) plot together to kill him - but then find his body is missing. The film's graveyard gloom is typified by the oppressive atmosphere of neglect and despair at Meurisse's school, while the final shot marvellously suggests unpleasantness to come - the climax here is one of cinema's most diabolical scenes. This is a masterpiece that easily matches the best of Hitchcock.
Plot Summary
Henri-Georges Clouzot's macabre film stars Simone Signoret, Vera Clouzot and Paul Meurisse and tells the chilling tale of the cruel headmaster who drives his wife and mistress to plot his death.
Cast and crew
Cast
- Nicole Horner
- Simone Signoret
- Christina Delassalle
- Vera Clouzot
- Michel Delassalle
- Paul Meurisse
- Inspector Fichet
- Charles Vanel
- M Drain
- Pierre Larquey
- M Herboux
- Noël Roquevert
- Plantiveau
- Jean Brochard
- Mme Herboux
- Thérèse Dorny
- Raymond
- Michel Serrault
Crew
- Director
- Henri-Georges Clouzot
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