The Probability Factor
5.7
Fred works for an insurance company as a computer engineer. He is bored with enduring the trials of his shrewish wife, so, after using actuarial tables to calculate the most common means of death, he cleverly prepares the family bathroom and brings about her demise. For a while he is content with his new freedom, but then he recognizes that a friend is in a similar situation.
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Cast
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Jean-Louis Trintignant
Fred Malone
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Mireille Darc
Charlotte
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Bernadette Lafont
Louise Delouette
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Lea Massari
Gloria
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Piette Tournier
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Bernard Fresson
Delouette
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Jean Abeillé
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Jean-Claude Andruet
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Albert Augier
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Michel Blanc
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Gérard Pirès Director · Jean-Patrick Manchette Screenplay Walter Kempley Author
First release April 7, 1976 · Produced in France, Italy · Production Produzioni Atlas Consorziate
Production
Lira Films
Production
Produzioni Atlas Consorziate
Production
France · Italy
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Languages
Original title
L'Ordinateur des pompes funèbres
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · April 7, 1976
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Germany
January 10, 1981 · TV · West Germany
Poland
January 1, 1978 · Theatrical
Portugal
June 6, 1980 · Limited theatrical · Porto
Spain
September 4, 1977 · Theatrical
Sweden
March 5, 2022 · Digital
Türkiye
April 1, 1979 · Theatrical
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