Poison
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Production year1951
French release30/11/1951
Runtime1 h 25 min
Synopsis
Through a series of circumstances and plot twists too numerous to mention, Paul Braconnier, an enterprising man (Michel Simon), manages to get away with murdering his wife Blandine, even though he cheerfully admits his guilt in court. The murderer's defense strategy is targeted towards every man who has ever wished that his wife would simply disappear.
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- Director of Photography : Jean Bachelet
- Music Composer : Louiguy
- Assistant Director : François Gir
- Editor : Raymond Lamy
- Sound Recordist : Fernand Janisse
- Producers : Paul Wagner, Alain Poiré
- Voice : Suzanne Dantès, Jacques Morel
- Camera operators : René Ribault, Gustave Raulet
- Production Manager : Robert Sussfeld
- Continuity supervisor : Odette Lemarchand
- Production Designer : Robert Dumesnil
- Art Director : Jacques Brizzio
- Still Photographer : Raymond Heil
- Unit Production Managers : Irénée Leriche, Hubert Mérial
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- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama, Black comedy
- Themes : Relationships, Murder
- Production language : French
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
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La Poison was loosely remade in 1966 as the Jack Lemmon comedy How to Murder Your Wife.
