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The Midnight Witness (1953)

Directed by Dimitri Kirsanoff

Overview

Jacques Montet, a successful crime story writer, has already written a hundred books and would like to call it quits now to devote himself to loftier writing. But his wife, a cold-hearted, money-minded, bossy woman won’t allow. All the more as she is the one who supplies Jacques with the plots of his detective stories. When Jacques, yearning for true love, meets young, pretty Muriel, he can’t stand the situation any longer. Fortunately - for him - the plot of the 101st detective story imagined by his wife is about a ... perfect crime. He simply has to follow her instructions to ... get rid of her. Everything goes according to plan until Jacques discovers a scary detail: the presence of a mysterious witness on the scene of the crime.

Length 80 minutes

Actors

Henri Guisol | Claude May | Catherine Erard | Raymond Pellegrin | Roland Alexandre | María Riquelme | Marcel Josz | Jean Hébey | Raymond Girard | Germaine Reuver | Jack Ary | Marcel Portier | André Numès Fils | Jacques Morlaine | Palmyre Levasseur | Guy Favières | Louis Lions | Simone Logeart | Christine Elsen | Bernard Musson | Albert Michel