Simone Signoret, Vera Clouzot, Charles Vanel, Paul Meurisse, Jean Brochard, Thérèse Dorny, Michel Serrault. Adapted from Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac's Celle qui n'était plus. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1955. Special features: New introduction by Serge Bromberg, codirector of Henri Georges Clouzot's "Inferno"; selected-scene commentary by French-film scholar Kelley Conway; new video interview with film critic Kim Newman; original theatrical trailer
Summary:
Suspense classic that influenced Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho. A sadistic headmaster of a boarding school is murdered by his wife and mistress. The women dump his body in a swimming pool. When the pool is drained, the body has disappeared.
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