Summary
One night, Pierre Menda is walking along a country road when an
American limousine pulls up along side him and a woman invites him to
get in. Pierre is surprised when the woman, an attractive blonde,
offers herself to him – an offer he can hardly refuse. Before he
goes on his way, Pierre makes a note of the car’s number plate and
traces its owner’s home address. He is welcomed by two beautiful
blond women, Hélène and Eva, who look virtually
identical. Because Eva is paralysed, Pierre automatically assumes
that the woman who seduced him was Hélène...
© Willems Henri (Brussels, Belgium)
© Willems Henri (Brussels, Belgium)
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I loved this movie which I saw while living in Paris.
I have been looking for it for many years either in VHS or DVD.
Wish I could find it. It was a wonderful film noir and wish there were
more like it.
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Credits
- Director: Robert Hossein
- Script: Frédéric Dard (novel), Robert Hossein
- Photo: Robert Juillard
- Music: André Hossein
- Cast: Robert Hossein (Pierre Menda), Marina Vlady (Eva Lecain), Odile Versois (Hélène Lecain), Héléna Manson (Amélie), Henri Crémieux (Le docteur), Pascal Mazzotti (L’homme de la discothèque), Henri Arius (Titin), Charles Blavette (L’inspecteur de police), Lucien Callamand (Julien)
- Country: France / Italy
- Language: French
- Runtime: 92 min; B&W
- Aka: Blonde in a White Car; Night Is Not for Sleep; Nude in a White Car
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