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Les Diaboliques (French: [le djabɔlik], released as Diabolique in the United States and variously translated as The Devils or The Fiends) is a 1955 French psychological horror thriller film co-written and directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot, starring Simone Signoret, Véra Clouzot, Paul Meurisse and Charles Vanel.
A wife and a mistress plot to kill a school principal, but their plan goes awry. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, and more for this 1955 crime drama horror film.
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- Crime, Drama, Horror
- Henri-Georges Clouzot
- 1955-11-21
Feb 17, 1995 · A classic French film about a murder plot that goes wrong and a mysterious inspector who seems to know everything. Read Ebert's analysis of the plot, the characters, the ending and the influence of Diabolique on Hitchcock and Columbo.
In this classic of French suspense, the cruel and abusive headmaster of a boarding school, Michel Delassalle (Paul Meurisse), becomes the target of a murder plot hatched...
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- Simone Signoret
- Henri-Georges Clouzot
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Diabolique is a 1955 French thriller by Henri-Georges Clouzot, based on a novel by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac. It tells the story of a murder plot by a wife and a mistress against a sadistic headmaster, and features a shocking twist ending.
- Nicole Horner
Mar 29, 2011 · Out on Blu-ray and DVD on May 17. 2011! Learn more: http://www.criterion.com/films/575-diaboliqueBefore Psycho, Peeping Tom, and Repulsion, there was Diaboli...
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A classic French suspense film about a wife and a mistress who plot to kill a cruel school principal, but their plan goes awry. Read the summaries, cast and crew, trivia, and user reviews of this thriller.