A self-assured businessman murders his employer, husband of his mistress, which unintentionally provokes an ill-fated chain of events.
Score
Miles Davis improvised the entire soundtrack watching rushes—pure spontaneous genius.
Cinematography
Henri Decaë's nighttime Paris glows with neon longing.
Direction
Malle was 24. Twenty-four! The audacity, the precision.
Director
Louis Malle
Jeanne Moreau
Florence Carala
Maurice Ronet
Julien Tavernier
Georges Poujouly
Louis
Yori Bertin
Véronique
Jean Wall
Simon Carala
Elga Andersen
Frieda Bencker
Sylviane Aisenstein
Yvonne, la Fille du Bar
Micheline Bona
Geneviève
Gisèle Grandpré
Jacqueline Mauclair
Jacqueline Staup
Anna
Marcel Cuvelier
Le Réceptionniste du Motel
Gérard Darrieu
Maurice
Charles Denner
L'Adjoint du Commissaire Cherrier
Hubert Deschamps
Le Substitut du Procureur
Jacques Hilling
Le Garagiste
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Jeanne Moreau insisted on no makeup for her wandering scenes; Malle wanted her face to show real exhaustion.
This film essentially invented the French 'polar' tradition and made Moreau an instant icon of intellectual sensuality.
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