The film story depicts Emile Buisson, following the death of his wife and child, escaping from a psychiatric institution in 1947 and returning to Paris. Buisson, who three years later would become France's public enemy number one, begins a murderous rampage through the French capital.
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Grave, classical in form, earnest and bleak.
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- warmbleak
- character-ledplot-driven
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Cast
- Alain DelonRoger Borniche
- Jean-Louis TrintignantÉmile Buisson
- Claudine AugerCatherine
- Renato SalvatoriMario Poncini
- André PousseJean-Baptiste Buisson
- Marco PerrinVieuchene
- Henri GuybetHidoine
- Maurice BarrierRene Bollec
- Denis ManuelLucien Darros
- Maurice BiraudOwner of the Saint-Appoline hotel
Crew
- Jacques DerayDirector
- Alphonse BoudardWriter
- Jacques DerayWriter
- Jean-Jacques TarbèsDirector of Photography
- Claude BollingOriginal Music Composer
- Henri LanoëEditor
- Raymond DanonProducer
- Alain DelonProducer
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