Francois Truffaut's film noir exercise, like such earlier exercises of his as The Bride Wore Black and Mississippi Mermaid, stresses more the content than the style. Yes, this one is in black-and-white, but, in spite of the amount of rain that comes down, is not especially atmospheric. Meanwhile, the plot complications (and the corpses) pile up fast, as a real-estate agent's girl Friday tries to clear her boss of murder, and encounters a lot of beginner's luck doing it. We aren't meant to take any of it seriously, but we can't take much of it humorously either. Based on a novel by the American suspense writer Charles Williams; with Fanny Ardant and Jean-Louis Trintignant. (1983) — Duncan Shepherd
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