Film

The Midnight Witness

1953 · 1h 20m · Crime · Drama

Jacques Montet, a successful crime story writer, has already written a hundred books and would like to call it quits now to devote himself to loftier writing. But his wife, a cold-hearted, money-minded, bossy woman won't allow. All the more as she is the one who supplies Jacques with the plots of his detective stories. When Jacques, yearning for true love, meets young, pretty Muriel, he can't stand the situation any longer. Fortunately - for him - the plot of the 101st detective story imagined by his wife is about a ... perfect crime. He simply has to follow her instructions to ... get rid of her. Everything goes according to plan until Jacques discovers a scary detail: the presence of a mysterious witness on the scene of the crime.

Henri Guisol

Jacques Montet

Claude May

Madame Montet

Catherine Erard

Muriel

Raymond Pellegrin

Roger Noël

Roland Alexandre

Aviator

María Riquelme

Mimi

Marcel Josz

Police inspector

Jean Hébey

Filmont, publisher

Raymond Girard

Marquis

Germaine Reuver

Léone, maid

Jack Ary

Marcel Portier

André Numès

Policeman

Jacques Morlaine

Palmyre Levasseur

Guy Favières

Gardener

• Dimitri KirsanoffDirector

Release date

February 13, 1953

Status

Released

Original language

French

Runtime

1h 20m

Genres

Crime, Drama