Summary
Monsieur Richard is summoned to his home by a mysterious phone
call. Not long afterwards, the millionaire business man is found
dead. The disappearance of several old masters would suggest that
Richard was killed in the course of a burglary. Lechat, the
police inspector in charge of the investigation, thinks
otherwise. An obvious suspect is Richard’s wife, who may have
done the deed so that she could claim a generous life insurance
payout. And she may have had another motive. It appears
that, not long before his death, Richard had fallen in love with a
young actress and was planning to leave his wife...
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Credits
- Director: Claude Lelouch
- Script: Claude Lelouch
- Photo: Jean Collomb
- Music: Francis Lai
- Cast: Michèle Morgan (Madame Richard), Serge Reggiani (Lechat), Jean-Pierre Aumont (Monsieur Richard), Philippe Léotard (Pierre Chemin), Valérie Lagrange (Manuelle), Michel Peyrelon (Germain), Christine Laurent (Christine), Anne Libert (Anne), Judith Magre (Woman with the little dog), Philippe Labro (Henri Lacombe), Yves Afonso, Jack Berard, Erik Colin, Vernon Dobtcheff, Gérard Dournel, Arlette Emmery (Rose), Jacques François, Gérard Lemaire, Jean Mermet, Harry Walter
- Country: France
- Language: French
- Runtime: 108 min
- Aka: Cat and Mouse, Seven Suspects for Murder
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