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The Man in the Raincoat

1957 · 106 min

A wry, suspenseful French comedy-thriller where a mild man's small mistake snowballs into murder and blackmail, keeping you amused and anxious.

Directed by
Julien Duvivier
Genres
Comedy, Mystery
Starring
Fernandel, Bernard Blier, Jacques Duby
Tagline
QUELLE MADNESS! A triumph of simplicity over duplicity, under the deft direction of Julien Duvivier. A macabre comedy distilled in the cinema connoisseur's taste for the savory.
Overview
In the absence of his wife, a clarinet player is induced by a friend to meet a call girl, but arrived after a crime. Perceived by some people leaving the scene of the crime covered by his raincoat, he became the only suspect for the police. His only hope is to discover the murderer before is name is mentionned publicly, specially in front of his wife.

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Directed by
Julien Duvivier
Genres
Comedy, Mystery
Starring
Fernandel, Bernard Blier, Jacques Duby
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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • deception
  • guilt
  • crime
  • identity
  • betrayal
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror2
Humour6
Realism7
Romance2
Tension6
Darkness5
Complexity5
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
comedy, mystery
Directed by
Julien Duvivier
Written by
Julien Duvivier
Starring
Fernandel, Bernard Blier, Jacques Duby, Jean Rigaux, Judith Magre, Pierre Spiers, John McGiver, Armande Navarre
Music
Georges Van Parys
Cinematography
Roger Hubert
Runtime
106 min
Country
France, Italy
Languages
French, English

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