Three men kidnap a young girl and keep her in a small house on an isolated beach, waiting for her father to pay up the ransom. But the youngest one, in charge of watching her, let accidentally the girl see his face and it becomes no longer possible to return her alive…
Director: Robert Hossein. AKA Falling Point
Writers: Claude Desailly & Robert Hossein (scenario and adaptation), André Tabet & George Tabet (dialogue)
Stars: Johnny Hallyday, Robert Hossein, Pascale Rivault, Albert Minski, Robert Dalban, Christian Barbier.
Superb movie–easily Hossein’s best effort!
Thank you!
Beautiful movie but Johnny Hallyday totally ruined it. Robert Hossein made the wrong choice in casting him for the main role.
Merci. A very uneven story, since the relaxed atmosphere in the huis-clos fails to bring a sense of any danger. the actors direction should have been different. Nice opening and closing scenes in black and white, and Pascale Rivault very charming. I can’t recall having seen a film with her before.
In the few Hossein films I’ve seen, I prefer Pardonnez nos offenses (1956).
P;S : The darkly ironic title is a very bad one.