Five people are gathered in a cafe because of a phone call they have all received. The plot thickens when they discover a dead body in a bedroom upstairs.The five people all become suspects.
Acting
Viviane Romance smolders while everyone else sweats.
Production
One cafe, one bedroom, maximum paranoia.
Director
Roger Richebé
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released on the eve of war, this sealed-room mystery mirrors France's own claustrophobic dread — everyone trapped, nobody trusting neighbors.
Marcel Dalio (Édouard) fled to Hollywood in 1940; Casablanca's croupier was once this cafe's shadiest suspect.
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