Released Date:
1955-11-21
Languages:
French, English
Countries:
France
Runtime:
116 min
Rated:
UNRATED
IMDB Ratings:
8.2 (37017 Reviews)
Director:
Henri-Georges ClouzotPierre Boileau (novel)
Thomas Narcejac (novel)
Henri-Georges Clouzot (scenario and dialogue)
Jèrème Gèronimi (scenario and dialogue)
Renè Masson (collaboration)
Frèdèric Grendel (collaboration)
The wife and mistress of a sadistic boarding school headmaster plot to kill him. They drown him in the bathtub and dump the body in the school's filthy swimming pool... but when the pool is drained, the body has disappeared - and subsequent reported sightings of the headmaster slowly drive his 'killers' (and the audience) up the wall with almost unbearable suspense...
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