A champagne tycoon's (Furneaux) partner (Ronet) suspects his partner's gigolo husband (Perkins) of murders he's been framed for.A champagne tycoon's (Furneaux) partner (Ronet) suspects his partner's gigolo husband (Perkins) of murders he's been framed for.A champagne tycoon's (Furneaux) partner (Ronet) suspects his partner's gigolo husband (Perkins) of murders he's been framed for.
- Awards
- 1 win
Henri Attal
- Attacker in Dark Coat
- (uncredited)
Robert Burnier
- General at Evelyn's Party
- (uncredited)
Colin Drake
- Evelyn's Party Guest
- (uncredited)
Pierre Gualdi
- Bishop at Evelyn's Party
- (uncredited)
Raoul Guylad
- Customer at Denise's Shop
- (uncredited)
Catherine Langeais
- Evelyn's Party Guest
- (uncredited)
Storyline
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- TriviaClaude Chabrol made this film for an American company, Universal, and with some American and British actors in prominent roles. Each scene for the film was filmed in both French and English versions, with the result that it got widely released in Britain and America. The English-language version was mostly scripted by the veteran British film critic Derek Prouse. Chabrol, who spoke excellent English, was able to maintain complete artistic control over the project.
- Quotes
Christopher: [to Christine who is trying to seduce him] I'm sorry darling. I don't really feel too well. I'm tired. It's always like this when I haven't had enough television.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
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Spoiler alert: this review is all spoilers. But this movie is so bad that I don't think it's possible to spoil it any further. A reviewer who has praised the movie asserts that the Anthony Perkins character, Christopher, is in cahoots with the character, or rather characters, played by Stéphane Audran: Audran is Jacqueline when disguised as Christopher's mousy maid and she is the flashy Lydia when not in disguise. Lydia commits a bunch of murders and tries to pin them on Christopher's friend, the character named Paul who is played by Maurice Ronet. Lydia's plan is to benefit financially from the deaths of her murder victims and then live happily ever after with Christopher (why the beautiful and intelligent, albeit ruthless, Lydia would kill in order to be with a loser like Christopher is beyond my comprehension). But if Christopher is in on Lydia's plan, then the scene where he makes a play for Jacqueline and she rejects him makes no sense. Perhaps he could be in cahoots only with Lydia, not realizing that she is also Jacqueline, but that would mean that all it takes for a woman to deceive Christopher is not much more than her wearing of a wig. Christopher's being in cahoots with Lydia would also mean that he would be delighted when he learns that his wife, Christine, played by Yvonne Furneaux, has been murdered, when in fact he is distraught. The entire movie makes very little sense. With the partial exception of Christine, all the main characters are unprincipled and obnoxious people, so it is difficult to have much sympathy for any of them.
- enoughtoil
- Oct 27, 2017
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- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Champagner Mörder
- Filming locations
- Atlantic Hotel, St. Georg, Hamburg, Germany(Hotel where Wagner's stays.)
- Production company
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- Runtime1 hour 45 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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