So Dark the Night

krimi / drama, USA, 1946, 71 min.

Režie: Joseph H. Lewis
Herci: Steven Geray, Micheline Cheirel, Eugene Borden, Ann Codeeová, Egon Brecher, více...




Parisian Detective Henri Cassin, suffering from overwork, takes the advice of his doctor and goes to the village of St. Margot for a restorative vacation. The inn at which he stays is run by Pierre Michaud and his wife Mama. Although Pierre's daughter Nanette is engaged to be married to farmer Leon Archard, her gold-digging mother urges her to marry the wealthy Henri instead. Nanette takes her mother's advice to heart and begins to woo him with her charms. The scheme works, and Henri soon falls in love with Nanette. In a short time, they become engaged, and at their engagement party, Henri vows never to let another man romance her. Although Nanette's mother is eager to see her daughter marry Henri, Pierre and the inn housekeeper, Widow Bridelle, are opposed to the marriage. When it is discovered that Nanette and Leon have disappeared, Henri wastes no time starting an investigation. Days after Nanette's disappearance, her body is found, and Henri determines that she had been strangled. Having found no clues at the place where Nanette's body was found, Henri's investigation eventually stalls. The case remains shrouded in mystery until Leon's body is found. Beside Leon's body, Henri finds a footprint, of which he makes a plaster cast. The footprint, however, does not match the shoe of any person in the village. Soon after Mama receives a warning that she will be the next to die, she is found strangled. While Pierre, fearing for his safety, decides to sell the inn, Henri returns to Paris and comes up with a sketch of the killer based on information provided by the footprint. To Henri's astonishment, the sketch bears the exact likeness of himself, and when he fits his shoe into the footprint, he realizes that he is undoubtedly the killer. After making a full confession to the police commissioner, Henri is evaluated by a psychiatrist, who determines that he is schizophrenic. Though placed under watch of a guard, Henri escapes back to St. Margot, where he tries to strangle Pierre. However, the police commissioner, who has followed Henri to the village, catches the detective in the act and shoots him.
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