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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
921 Views


lt meant security, didn't it?

Oh yes, switching to a cheaper car,

giving up my profession...

...wearing out old clothes,

living in poverty

l sold my encyclopaedia, my main

teaching tool, to pay my fare here

l did all this for you,

and l've no regrets

But when you throw me out, it hurts,

Cri-Cri. lt hurts deeply

But you made me so unhappy

We quarrelled a bit,

as most couples do

You girls do yourselves proud!

Don't lie to me now.

You made me very unhappy

Maybe you didn't realise it,

but you did. Ask Nicole

That b*tch knows you're unwell,

so she's set you against me

She has taste and experience,

but a bad attitude

l'll get rid of her...

...hire a good man

My Prince ofWales suit!

l'll reek of alcohol

Kindness is a waste oftime with you

Get busy

Use hot water

We're leaving right away

How long was the drive?

Ten, twelve hours?

Pour me another glassful, Milady

l feel dizzy

Lost your touch?

That's more like it

Lovely colour

What are you staring at?

lsn't the Princess paying?

Where is she, anyway?

Hiding away, scared?

Upstairs, with her tenants

She never told me about any tenants

Thatjourney did me in

Lie down

-Your bed, or hers?

-Ours

Take my shoes off

What's wrong with me tonight?

l don't want to go to sleep

We're leaving

What are you up to?

Go to sleep

Why are you putting the light out?

l'm so tired

-What's that?

-Nothing; go to sleep

-Where did you come from?

-l came straight in here

-How much did he drink?

-Three glassfuls

How obliging of him

He's dreaming

We can move him now

Remember his shoes

-What's she doing?

-Taking a bath

At ten? Oh, hell!

Can you tell me where

the Mozambique Channel is?

Between Madagascar and Africa

Between Madagascar

and the African coast

32,000 francs

Will you take the money, orgo on?

l'm winning 32,000 and l can't hear!

Poor dear

The b*tches!

Didn't even hear the question.

Midnight baths, Roman decadence!

lt's a violation of rights. l could make

a formal complaint... maybe l will

The 17th at 10.05 p.m...

no, 10.06

-What are you looking for?

-His return ticket

Here it is, with a bill from

the dining car

Burn these

You take the feet, it's easier

Get the bronze from the mantelpiece

Now get the tablecloth

Did he suffer?

He didn't even know

Why not take him back now?

After they find him, we have to be able

to prove we were here when he died

They're our alibi, upstairs

-She still hasn't emptied her bath

-So what do you care?

l can't sleep with those cataracts

gushing out

-You won't get drowned in bed

-lt's like Niagara roaring away

-Will you stay up all night?

-l'm sitting down

l'll give her till midnight

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