Le Témoin de minuit
Synopsis
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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Credits
Director (1)
Actors (21)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producer : Paris-Monde Films
- French distribution : Alliance Générale de Distribution Cinématographique (AGDC)
Full credits (10)
- Executive Producers : Guy Diamant, Jean Lefait
- Adaptation : René Barjavel
- Screenwriters : Morvan Lebesque, René Barjavel
- Dialogue Writer : René Barjavel
- Director of Photography : Roger Fellous
- Editor : Jacqueline Sadoul
- Sound Recordist : Maurice Carrouet
- Costume designer : Pierre Balmain
- Production Manager : Raymond Logeart
- Production Designer : Jean Douarinou
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Crime/thriller
- Production language : French
- Production country : France (100.0%)
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Production year : 1953
- French release : 13/02/1953
- Runtime : 1 h 20 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 12519
- Visa issue date : 27/01/1953
- Approval : Unknown
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Black & White
- Audio format : Mono
