Le double assassinat de la rue Morgue (1973)
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Georges Descrières, Daniel Gélin, Jean Danet, Nadine Alari, Catherine Rich, Philippe Ogouz, Eva Damien, Jacques Faber, Jacques Duby, Evelyne Ker, Geneviève Fontanel, Jacques Marin, Tony Rödel, César Torres, Paul Pavel
An amateur detective takes on a baffling double murder in a locked Paris room.
The story
During the reign of Louis-Philippe in Paris, a wealthy young woman and her mother are savagely murdered in their room, which is locked and on the third floor of their building. The room has been ransacked, yet a hundred gold coins remain on the floor. The daughter is found with her throat cut and wedged in the fireplace, while her mother is found dead in the courtyard. Even the best police officers cannot make sense of the crime. A wealthy amateur detective, fascinated by puzzles, decides to investigate the baffling case.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
During the reign of Louis-Philippe, in Paris, a young woman and her mother, wealthy bourgeois women, are savagely murdered in their room, which is locked and on the third floor of their building. The room is ransacked, with a hundred gold coins left on the floor, and the young woman, with her throat cut, is wedged in the fireplace. Her mother is found dead in the courtyard. The best police officers cannot make sense of it. An amateur detective, a wealthy idler with a passion for puzzles, decides to solve the mystery...
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