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Overview
La Bête à l’affût is a French film first released in 1959,
directed by Pierre Chenal.
The film stars Françoise Arnoul, Henri Vidal, Michel Piccoli, Gaby Sylvia and Agnès Laury.
It has also been released under the title: Beast at Bay.
Our overall rating for this film is: good.
Synopsis
At the house of Elisabeth Vermont, a young and rich widow, an auction
is being held for the benefit of the orphans of the police
department. Shortly afterwards, the notary Darcet is waylaid
whilst he is carrying the proceeds of the auction, and his attackers
flee with the loot. Inspector Guimard starts an inquiry into the
theft, but he must also deal with the murder of a gaoler by a prisoner
named Daniel Morane, who has just escaped from the central prison at
Melun. Injured, Morane takes shelter at Elisabeth’s house, where
the kind widow nurses him back to health. Morane tries to
persuade his benefactor that he is a victim of circumstances, wrongly
imprisoned for a crime he did not commit. Elisabeth is unsure if
Morane is telling the truth, so she decides to broach the matter with
Inspector Guimard...
© Willems Henri (Brussels, Belgium) Film Review
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