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Scoundrel in White (1972)

Scoundrel in White (1972)

Comedy
Release Date: 1972, September 29
Directors: Claude Chabrol
Countries: France, Italy
Production: Rizzoli Film, Rizzoli Film, Cerito Films, Cerito Films, Les Films de la Boétie, Les Films de la Boétie
Cast: André Penvern, Marlène Appelt, Laura Antonelli, Mia Farrow, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Dominique Zardi, Michel Peyrelon, Henri Attal, Josiane Balasko, Patrick Préjean, Christian Chauvaud, Louis Navarre

Overview:

Paul, a former womanizer, marries the head of the medical department's "unattractive" daughter Christine because he thinks attractive women can't be trusted and make poor wives. A car accident leaves him bedridden and he begins to miss his playboy days, when Christine's bombshell sister Martine arrives and Paul decides he must have her. He begins drugging Christine at night so he can sneak out to kill of Martine's many suitors one by one.

Keywords:

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