Storyline

A renowned and relentless Paris detective takes his first vacation in eleven years at a small inn in the French countryside. There he meets and falls in love with the hotelier's daughter, who had been betrothed to a neighboring farmer, but who hopes to marry him and move to Paris. On the evening of their engagement, both the fiancée and the farmer disappear. What has happened to them? Who is responsible? Can the famed detective apply his talents to a rural mystery?—klg19

Plot Keywords

police detective, police, murder by strangling, b movie, frenchman, stock footage, gendarme, cigarette smoking, investigation, farm, murder, hunchback, paris france, shoeshine boy, widow, innkeeper, doctor, clothes line, river, damsel in distress

Short Review

Transformation, whether of theme or person, lies at the heart of Joseph H. Lewis's cinematic identity.

Trailer

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