Scoundrel in White

Scoundrel in White

1972 · 95 min · ★ 5.2 · Comedy

Paul, a former womanizer, marries the head of the medical department's "unattractive" daughter Christine because he thinks attractive women can't be trusted and make poor wives. A car accident leaves him bedridden and he begins to miss his playboy days, when Christine's bombshell sister Martine arrives and Paul decides he must have her. He begins drugging Christine at night so he can sneak out to kill of Martine's many suitors one by one.

Directed by Claude Chabrol · Written by Paul Gégauff

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Jean-Paul Belmondo Le docteur Paul Simay
Mia Farrow Christine Dupont
Laura Antonelli Martine Dupont
Marlène Appelt L'Infirmière Carole
Dominique Zardi L'évêque
Daniel Lecourtois Le professeur Dupont
Daniel Ivernel Le docteur Berthier
Patrick Préjean Arthur Ringard
Michel Peyrelon Joseph Melville
Henri Attal 'La sourde'
Maja Wodecka
Louis Duranton

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