The Killer Strikes at Dawn

The Killer Strikes at Dawn

1970•1h 30m•4.5/10

DramaCrimeMystery

Ratings

🎬TMDb

4.5/10(2)

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.

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Production

GI Film, Firmament Films, Méditerranée Cinéma, Société d'Expansion du Spectacle

Language

FR

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Mylène Demongeot

Mylène Demongeot

Anne Calder

Alida Valli

Alida Valli

Linda Benson

Catherine Allégret

Catherine Allégret

Jeannette

Jean-Claude Bouillon

Jean-Claude Bouillon

Éric Calder

Philippe Monnet

Philippe Monnet

Gaëtan Benson

Jean Claudio

Jean Claudio

Inspecteur Kogan

Georges Géret

Georges Géret

Kurt

Guy Grosso

Guy Grosso

Acteur dans le film publicitaire

Claude Para

François Simon

François Simon

Le juge d'instruction Forman

Gérard Carrat

Jean Landier

Robert Favart

Robert Favart

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