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Spotlight on a Murderer

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IMDB ID: tt0055308

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An old count hides just before he dies to annoy his heirs. The heirs search a manor for the count's body and are killed off one by one. Jean-Marie, his fiancée Micheline, and Edwige investigate the deaths and search for the count's body.

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Pierre Brasseur

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Pascale Audret

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Marianne Koch

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Jean-Louis Trintignant

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Dany Saval

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Jean Babilée

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Georges Rollin

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Gérard Buhr

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Maryse Martin

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Serge Marquand

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Georges Franju

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Pierre Boileau

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Thomas Narcejac

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Georges Franju

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Robert Thomas

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