Without Apparent Motive

Without Apparent Motive

One of them is the next victim. One is the killer. We challenge you to guess who.

1971•1h 40m•5.9/10

CrimeMysteryThriller

Ratings

🎬TMDb

5.9/10(68)

A series of murders is committed in Nice on the French riviera. The commissaire Carella is in charge and tries to find a missing link between all these murders.

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Production

Cinétel, Euro International Films, 20th Century Fox

Language

FR

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Jean-Louis Trintignant

Jean-Louis Trintignant

Stéphane Carella

Dominique Sanda

Dominique Sanda

Sandra Forest

Sacha Distel

Sacha Distel

Julien Sabirnou

Carla Gravina

Carla Gravina

Jocelyne Rocca

Paul Crauchet

Paul Crauchet

Francis Palombo

Laura Antonelli

Laura Antonelli

Juliette Vaudreuil

Michel Bardinet

Michel Bardinet

Tony Forest

Jean-Pierre Marielle

Jean-Pierre Marielle

Perry Rupert-Foote

Stéphane Audran

Stéphane Audran

Hélène Vallée

Gilles Ségal

Gilles Ségal

Di Bozzo

Pierre Dominique

Doume

Erich Segal

Erich Segal

Hans Kleinberg

Jean-Jacques Delbo

Jean-Jacques Delbo

Le supérieur

André Falcon

André Falcon

Le sous-préfet

Alexis Sellan

Pierre Barroyer

Esmeralda Ruspoli

Esmeralda Ruspoli

Madame Forest

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