Henri-Georges Clouzot playing around, trying out some tricks and techniques in his feature film debut and eventually coming up with a fun comedic thriller with very little more than meets the eye, but with absolutely no pretentions above that.
It’s like a movie emerging filmmakers would make with their friends, only it was the early 40’s and for most future directors the only place to practice and figure out their craft was on an actual film set. Here Clouzot is…
