The Infernal Trio (1974)
Le Trio Infernal
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...
- Date of release
- 1974-05-22
- TMDB
- 5.4 / 10 (32)
- Runtime
- 1h 47m
- Genres
- Comedy, Crime
- Director
- Francis Girod
Casting
- 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
Interesting facts
- Filmed in: Marseille and Paris
The Infernal Trio is a 1974 crime comedy horror film directed by Francis Girod from a screenplay he co-wrote with Jacques Rouffio, based on the novel Le Trio infernal by Solange Fasquelle.
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