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Diabolique

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Diabolique
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NR,1hr 47min
Genres:
Action,Horror
Released:
January 1, 1955
Director:
Henri-Georges Clouzot
Distributor:
Criterion
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 ... Full 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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