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The Midnight Witness

Feb 13, 1953 · 1h 20m
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Crime
Drama

PLOT

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.

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CAST

Henri Guisol
Jacques Montet
Claude May
Madame Montet
Catherine Erard
Muriel
Raymond Pellegrin
Roger Noël
Roland Alexandre
Aviator
María Riquelme
Mimi
Marcel Josz
Police inspector
Jean Hébey
Filmont, publisher
Directed by Dimitri Kirsanoff

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Status
Released
Original language
FR
Budget
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Production
Paris-Monde-Production
Country
FR
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