Pleins feux sur l’assassin (1961)

Pleins feux sur l’assassin is a French crime film first released in 1961, directed by Georges Franju.  The film stars Pascale Audret, Jean Babilée, Georges Bever, Pierre Brasseur and Gérard Buhr.  It has also been released under the title: Spotlight on a Murderer.  Our overall rating for this film is: good.


Realising that he is about to die, the Count of Keraudren hides himself behind a one-way mirror in a secret room at his chateau.  From here, he can observe the consequences of his sudden disappearance.  At the reading of the will, Keraudren’s relatives are dismayed when they learn they will have to wait five years before they can receive their share of the inheritance.   The hopeful beneficiaries are: Jean-Marie, a student, and his girlfriend, Micheline; Jeanne, who is unhappily married to Claude and thinks only of her cousin André;  Edwige, a German horsewoman; Guillaume, a fine arts attaché;  the alcoholic Christian; and Henri.  To raise some badly needed money, this disparate group of people decide to stage a son et lumière show at the chateau, the theme being a love drama set in the middle ages.  Whilst repairing a spotlight, Henri is killed by an electric shock.  Was this an accident or murder...?
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