Spotlight on a Murderer
6.5
An old count hides just before he dies to annoy his heirs. The heirs search a manor for the count's body and are killed off one by one. Jean-Marie, his fiancée Micheline, and Edwige investigate the deaths and search for the count's body.
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Cast
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Pierre Brasseur
Comte de Kerloquen
Known for
Eyes Without a Face
Children of Paradise
Pascale Audret
Jeanne
Also in
The Phantom of Liberty
Lafayette
Marianne Koch
Edwige
Known for
A Fistful of Dollars
Jean-Louis Trintignant
Jean-Marie de Kerloquen
Known for
Amour
Three Colors: Red
Dany Saval
Micheline
Known for
Animal
Boeing, Boeing
Jean Babilée
Christian de Kerloquen
Known for
Duelle (Une Quarantaine)
Georges Rollin
Claude Benoît-Sainval
Also in
It Happened at the Inn
The Sadistic Baron Von Klaus
Gérard Buhr
Henri
Known for
Bob le Flambeur
The Vultures
Maryse Martin
Marthe
Also in
Claudine
Love Is Not a Sin
Serge Marquand
Yvan
Known for
Barbarella
The Grapes of Death
Lucien Raimbourg
Julien
Known for
Asterix the Gaul
That Man from Rio
Robert Vattier
Le notaire
Known for
Asterix the Gaul
Marius
Georges Franju Director · Pierre Boileau Writer Thomas Narcejac Writer
First release March 31, 1961 · Produced in France · Original title Pleins feux sur l'assassin
Production
Champs-Élysées Productions
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France
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Original title
Pleins feux sur l'assassin
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · March 31, 1961
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No release date listed for United States.
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