The Killer Strikes at Dawn

Apr 8, 1970

1h 30m

★ 4.5

Overview

A young physician becomes lonely when his workaholic wife ignores him to concentrate on her professional career. He is befriended by an older female artist who is fond of hallucinogenic mushrooms. When his wife is late for their anniversary celebration, he drinks and takes mushrooms with the artist. He wakes up to find she has died and is fearful he may have accidentally killed her.

Genres

Drama

Crime

Mystery

Production Companies

GI Film

Firmament Films

Méditerranée Cinéma

Société d'Expansion du Spectacle

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Cast

Anne Calder

Mylène Demongeot

Linda Benson

Alida Valli

Jeannette

Catherine Allégret

Éric Calder

Jean-Claude Bouillon

Gaëtan Benson

Philippe Monnet

Inspecteur Kogan

Jean Claudio

Kurt

Georges Géret

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Claude Para

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François Simon

Gérard Carrat

Jean Landier

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