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Les Diaboliques is a black-and-white film directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot (U.K. title = The Fiends) based on the novel Celle qui n'était plus by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac.

Variously described as a "mystery" a "thriller" and even a "horror film," the 1955 classic, starring Simone Signoret, created something of a sensation. The story is about a romantic triangle that turns deadly when a man's wife and mistress conspire to murder him, but then the body disappears, and things get very weird. It has often been likened to the films of Alfred Hitchcock in that it is still creepy even when you have seen it before and know how it comes out. The end credit contains an early example of an "anti-spoiler message", requesting the audience not to disclose the plot to others who have not seen the film.

The writers of the novel Celle Qui N'Etait Plus, Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac, are credited with early use, if not coinage, of the term film noir, which as also been used to describe Les Diaboliques.

The film gained additional press when only five years after its release, Véra Clouzot died of a heart attack at age 47, similar to the way her character in the film died.

Cast 1955

Simone Signoret
Véra Clouzot
Paul Meurisse
Charles Vanel
Jean Brochard
Pierre Larquey
Michel Serrault
Thérèse Dorny
Noël Roquevert
Yves-Marie Maurin
Georges Poujouly
Georges Chamarat
Jacques Varennes
Robert Dalban
Jean Lefebvre

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