04 Nov 1981
Coup de Torchon
A pathetic police chief, humiliated by everyone around him, suddenly wants a clean slate in life, and resorts to drastic means to achieve it.
The Infernal Trio
Marseilles, 1919. Georges Sarret is a distinguished and respected lawyer, recently honoured for his services in the First World War. He takes as his lover Philomène Schmidt, a young German woman, who has just lost her job and home. To enable Philomène to remain in France, Georges finds her a husband – who dies conveniently of natural causes a month after the wedding. Georges repeats the trick with Philomène's sister, Catherine – marrying her off to an old man who dies suddenly so that the scheming trio can profit from his life insurance. When an accomplice in the scheme, Marcel Chambon, threatens to blackmail them, Georges and his two lovers have no option but to kill him and his mistress...
Top Billed Cast
Michel Piccoli Georges Sarret
Romy Schneider Philomena Schmidt
Mascha Gonska Catherine Schmidt
Philippe Brizard Chambon
Jean Rigaux Villette
Monica Fiorentini Magali
Hubert Deschamps Detreuil
Monique Tarbès Nurse
Andréa Ferréol Noemie
Francis Claude Doktor
Luigi Zerbinati 
Jean-Pierre Honoré Henri Piccoli 
Martine Ferrière Nicole Chomo Isabelle Lebel Adolfo Geri Fanny Renan Rolph Spath 
Renata Zamengo
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