Diabolique

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NR,1hr 47min

Genres:

Action,Horror

Released:

January 1, 1955

Distributor:

Kino Lorber Inc.

Starring:

Simone Signoret, Véra Clouzot, Paul Meurisse ... More

Synopsis: The greatest film that Alfred Hitchcock never made, Henri-Georges Clouzot's Diabolique is set in a provincial boarding school run by headmaster Michel Delasalle (Paul Meurisse). A ruthless lothario, he becomes the target of a murder plot concocted by his long-suffering invalid wife Christina (Vera Clouzot, the director's own spouse) and his latest mistress, an icy teacher played by Simone Signoret. A dark, dank thriller with a much-imitated "shock" ending, Diabolique is a masterpiece of Grand Guignol ... Full Synopsis

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	Brendon Hanley, AMG Review French filmmaker Henri-Georges Clouzot created enough pulse-racing suspense in just two movies to take his place in history next to Alfred Hitchcock as one of the finest thriller directors ever. Clouzot followed up his remarkable 1953 action film The Wages of Fear with the dark and mysterious Diabolique (Les Diaboliques). Wages has moments of almost preternatural tension and is arguably the more ... Read Review

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	Simone Signoret Nicole Horner Véra Clouzot Christina Delasalle Paul Meurisse Michel Delasalle Charles Vanel Inspector Fichet

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