And also the first film directed by Costa Gavras, very brilliant, tense, intelligent, compelling and grabbing for any audiences. Agatha Christie 's novels atmosphere, schemes, seems not being so far from this one. It is not AND THEN THEY WERE NONE either but I repeat, the suspense is there, all long. Sixties atmosphere and score too. Pierre Mondy and Yves Montand are excellent and the dialogues typically French of this period. Costa Gavras will find his way later with political oriented films, not only thriller as this one. He will be famous for this. A true little gem. And so many stars as Michel Piccoli, Simone Signoret, Jean Louis Trintignant, Charles Denner; at least at this time, 1965, they were not all stars, they were just in progress.
