La dragée haute (1960)
1h 29m
Running Time
July 27, 1960
Release Date
Plot.
Taking the place of the police, whom he finds neither fast nor efficient enough, a journalist named Hugo sets out to find the perpetrator of a murder. Suffocating in the small town where he plies his trade, he is eager to seize the opportunity that will make him a great reporter. The discovery of a murdered young woman - a high-fashion model - puts him on the trail of diamond smugglers. Despite the cautious advice of the newspaper editor and the pleas of his wife, who senses the dangers threatening them, Hugo forges ahead, plunging headlong into the labyrinth where gangsters are luring him to disappear. He finally unmasks the murderer. He finally gets his sensational story - but through his own carelessness, another girl falls victim to the gang. At the last second, the wife he thought he'd lost through his stubborn, madly clumsy attitude is still there, ready to comfort him.
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Cast & Crew.

Michel Piccoli

Odile Versois

Dany Saval

Yves Vincent

Rolande Kalis

Jean Vinci

Alain Bouvette

Roger Rudel

Michel Karloff

Henry Allaume

René Clermont

Jean-René Ruttinger
Writer

Jean Kerchner
Writer / Director

Marcel Landowski
Composer

Marcel Combes
Cinematographer

Robert Manuel
Details.
Release Date
July 27, 1960
Status
Released
Running Time
1h 29m
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