Story Line
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.
“See it, be amazed at it, but...BE QUIET ABOUT IT!”
Top Cast
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
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Rating
7.9/ 10
Release Date
1955-01-29
Runtime
1h 58m
Genres
ThrillerMystery
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User Reviews (2)
talisencrw
10/10
•8/10/2016I have only seen but two of Clouzot's films (this and the equally brilliant 'The Wages of Fear'), but I understand immediately what connoisseurs mean when they say he's the French Alfred Hitchcock. He has an innate and unbelievably vivid and accurate...
John Chard
10/10
•2/8/2017The keys in the pool, the husband in the morgue! You dream too much about water in this house!
Headmaster of a boarding school, Michel Delaselle (Paul Meurisse) is a brooding bully of a man, one day his wife and mistress decide enough is enough an...