A man who has just deposited a will with a notary is run over by a car. As his overcoat bears the name and address of Emile Blondin on a label, the police go there and discover that the dead man is not Emile Blondin. But this one is soon discovered murdered. The police then became interested in Georges Blondin, the victim's brother, whose goddaughter, Juliette, was also the notary's secretary.
Direction
Chotin squeezes dread from every cobblestone
Acting
Louise Carletti's secretary hiding everything behind polite eyes
Director
André Chotin
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of France's immediate post-war crime boom, when audiences craved moral complexity over heroic clarity.
Chotin made three films in 1947 alone; this was the only one not immediately lost or forgotten.
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