Film

La dragée haute

1960 · 1h 29m · Crime · Drama

Taking the place of the police, whom he finds neither fast nor efficient enough, a journalist named Hugo sets out to find the perpetrator of a murder. Suffocating in the small town where he plies his trade, he is eager to seize the opportunity that will make him a great reporter. The discovery of a murdered young woman - a high-fashion model - puts him on the trail of diamond smugglers. Despite the cautious advice of the newspaper editor and the pleas of his wife, who senses the dangers threatening them, Hugo forges ahead, plunging headlong into the labyrinth where gangsters are luring him to disappear. He finally unmasks the murderer. He finally gets his sensational story - but through his own carelessness, another girl falls victim to the gang. At the last second, the wife he thought he'd lost through his stubborn, madly clumsy attitude is still there, ready to comfort him.

Michel Piccoli

Hugo Barsac

Odile Versois

Evelyne Barsac

Dany Saval

Corinne Page

Yves Vincent

De Marchelier

Rolande Kalis

Barbara Kers

Jean Vinci

Alain Bouvette

Paul Amiot

Roger Rudel

Michel Karloff

Henry Allaume

René Clermont

Serge Davri

Robert Manuel

• Jean KerchnerWriter · Director
• Jean-René RuttingerWriter

Release date

July 27, 1960

Status

Released

Original language

French

Runtime

1h 29m

Genres

Crime, Drama