THE MURDERER LIVES AT NUMBER 21
synopsis
Dapper Inspector Vorobechik ('Wens' for short) is assigned the case of a serial killer who leaves a calling card on his victims; Monsieur Durand. Wens' mistress, struggling actress Mila Malou, determines to get publicity for herself by helping him. Learning that Durand is one of the eccentric tenants of a boarding house at No. 21 Avenue Junot, Wens takes a room in the guise of a Protestant minister; only to be followed by Mila who hardly seems like a minister's wife! Suspects are arrested, but while each is in jail, there's another murder...
international title: | The Murderer Lives at Number 21 |
original title: | L'assassin habite... au 21 |
country: | France |
year: | 1942 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Henri-Georges Clouzot |
film run: | 84' |
release date: | FR 07/08/1942, SE 11/10/1943, DE 1943, IT 01/04/1947, AT 1948, ES 09/11/1970, PT 05/05/2011, FI 05/03/2017, UK 12/06/2017 |
screenplay: | Stanislas-André Steeman, Henri-Georges Clouzot |
cast: | Pierre Fresnay, Suzy Delair, Jean Tissier |
cinematography by: | Armand Thirard |