I picked this one up because it was directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot, the director of Diabolique. I adored that movie. I should probably buy it.
This movie is a who-done-it, complete with many possible suspects and a poor but genial and very intelligent policeman. But this one is not a thriller. It is a family and neighborhood film with the focus on three people: a husband, wife and their good friend. The wife is incredibly ambitious, and not particularly moral, but she does love her husband. She is stringing along a wealthy old pervert in the hopes of snagging a film contract. When the perv turns up dead, who killed him? The wife, her jealous husband? The good friend? This is the kind of movie where a happy ending is the point - sometimes the regular guys do OK and the police are actually trying to help. And this movie is great - I highly recommend it. I cannot believe it is 65 years old! I would watch this one again and again.
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