The Killer Strikes at Dawn (1970)
Le champignon
A young physician becomes lonely when his workaholic wife ignores him to concentrate on her professional career. He is befriended by an older female artist who is fond of hallucinogenic mushrooms. When his wife is late for their anniversary celebration, he drinks and takes mushrooms with the artist. He wakes up to find she has died and is fearful he may have accidentally killed her.
- Date of release
- 1970-04-08
- TMDB
- 6.0 / 10 (3)
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Genres
- Drama, Crime, Mystery
- Director
- Marc Simenon
Casting
- Mylène Demongeot — Anne Calder
- Alida Valli — Linda Benson
- Catherine Allégret — Jeannette
- Jean-Claude Bouillon — Éric Calder
- Philippe Monnet — Gaëtan Benson
- Jean Claudio — Inspecteur Kogan
- Georges Géret — Kurt
- Guy Grosso — Acteur dans le film publicitaire
- Claude Para
- François Simon — Le juge d'instruction Forman
- Gérard Carrat
- Jean Landier
Interesting facts
- Filmed in: Switzerland
The Mushroom is a 1970 French-Italian crime film written and directed by Marc Simenon.
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