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Synopsis: The wife and mistress of a sadistic boarding school headmaster plot to kill him. They drown him in the bathtub and dump the body in the school's filthy swimming pool... but when the pool is drained, the body has disappeared - and subsequent reported sightings of the headmaster slowly drive his 'killers' (and the audience) up the wall with almost unbearable suspense...
Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror
Production: Kino Lorber Inc.
  4 wins.
 
IMDB:
8.1
Rotten Tomatoes:
95%
NOT RATED
Year:
1955
117 min
909 Views


l resigned from the school, that's all

Are your parents alive?

No. l let the first floor to teachers,

a married couple

Someone's living in the house?

l've considered that. There won't be

any problem, l promise you

-You're tired; want me to drive?

-You don't know how

l couldn't afford a car

-Anyway, it stops me from thinking

-Good; save yourselffor tomorrow

-We'll never have the courage

-You don't know me

Yes, l do... very well

You couldn't kill anyone; but you must

sometimes have wished l were dead

He did, not me

"With that heart of hers, it won't be

long", he'd say. "lt'll be our place"

-That's horrible!

-Don't you believe me?

What did you say?

-You want the truth?

-lfyou're capable of it

l hardly knew you...

Don't; l'd rather not know

Mind the step

Mademoiselle Horner...

...what a pleasant surprise

We'll manage

So much luggage!

My husband grumbles

if l have more than a small case

Madame Herboux, this is my

headmistress, Madame Delassalle

Are you remembering the rent?

Forgive me; l was hoping,

in a day or two...

l was banking

on some payments l'm due

But l'll see you tonight, without fail

l'll come up for it tomorrow;

we're rather tired tonight

Madame does look poorly

Make yourselfcomfortable

lt's good to be home

Switch off; no use wasting electricity

-So soon?

-Get it over with

Saint-Cloud, please. This is 242.

Molitor 2745, please

l like to go barefoot

l use ski socks when it's cold

Go ahead

lt won't bite, won't slap you

Who is it, for God's sake?

Oh, it's you. ln Niort?

Well, congratulations

Do you think l can afford petrol

for weekend trips?

l said it's best we should separate.

Yes, l want a divorce

You're healthy enough to earn a living

l'll claim the school, naturally;

my dowry paid for it

We can see to the papers

after the holidays

Wait... l'm coming

He'll be here tomorrow

Really, Germaine!

You'll catch cold

l'm stifling

-You're feverish

-No, l'm just too hot

l thought he'd get here before you

lt wasn't easy... the shops are closed

You've got a tablecloth?

A nylon one. Waterproof

-lt's a bit big

-Not for him

2,500 francs

Some profit they're making

We'll open it, make it look

more natural

No, pity to waste it

This'll get you going

Not bad; l've never had it before

-Water's added, usually

-Shame to do that

Hand me the little bottle

Won't he feel anything?

No, this will put him out like a light

Won't it leave traces?

He'll digest it

He won't come

There's his train now, at the bridge

Put this in there

Please stop; it's horrible

lt must be filled

l can't do it, not today

You know we have to; it's now or never

Never, then; l'm just not up to it

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