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| Directed by | Marc Simenon |
| Written by | Alphonse Boudard Marc Simenon |
| Starring | Mylène Demongeot Alida Valli |
| Cinematography | Marcel Combes |
| Music by | Zoo |
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| Language | French |
The Mushroom (French: Le champignon, Italian: L'assassino colpisce all'alba, also known as The Murderer Strikes at Dawn, The Killer Strikes at Dawn and L’assassin frappe à l’aube) is a 1970 French-Italian crime film written and directed by Marc Simenon.
Plot
A physician, growing distant from his workaholic wife, befriends an artist. After a night spent drinking and taking hallucinogenic mushroom with the artist, the physician discovers that his wife had died, and begins to question what took place.
Cast
- Mylène Demongeot as Anne Calder
- Alida Valli as Linda Benson
- Jean-Claude Bouillon as Éric Calder
- Catherine Allégret as Jeannette
- Philippe Monnet as Gaëtan
- Jean Claudio as Kogan
- Georges Géret as Kurt
- François Simon as Le Juge
References
- Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN 8876059350.
- Paolo Mereghetti. Il Mereghetti. B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010. ISBN 8860736269.
- The Mushroom (1970) - IMDb, retrieved 2021-03-12
External links
- The Mushroom at IMDb
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