Scoundrel in White (1972)
1h 35m
Running Time
September 29, 1972Release Date
Scoundrel in White (1972)
1h 35m
Running Time
September 29, 1972Release Date
Plot.
Jean-Paul Belmondo plays Paul, a former womanizer who 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.
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Cast & Crew.
Jean-Paul Belmondo
Doctor Paul Simay
Mia Farrow
Christine Dupont
Laura Antonelli
Martine Dupont
Marlène Appelt
Nurse Carole
Dominique Zardi
Bishop
Daniel Lecourtois
Professor Dupont
Daniel Ivernel
Doctor Berthier
Patrick Préjean
Suitor
Michel Peyrelon
Joseph Melville / Beet suitor
Henri Attal
Deaf one
Josiane Balasko
Ugly girl (uncredited)
Christian Chauvaud
Friend of Dr. Popaul (uncredited)
Patrice Énard
(uncredited)
Louis Navarre
Suitor of Martine (uncredited)
André Penvern
(uncredited)
Claude Chabrol
Director
Daniel Villattes
(uncredited)
Paul Gégauff
Screenplay
Hubert Monteilhet
Novel
André Génovès
Producer
Alain Belmondo
Producer
Georges Casati
Producer
Pierre Jansen
Original Music Composer
Louis Devaivre
Sound Designer
Guy Chichignoud
Sound Designer
Jean Rabier
Director of Photography
Jacques Gaillard
Editor
Guy Littaye
Set Decoration
Catherine Ohotnikoff
Madame Steeg
Christophe Merle
Monique Fardoulis
Louis Duranton
Maja Wodecka
Media.
Details.
Release DateSeptember 29, 1972
Original NameDocteur Popaul
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 35m
Filming LocationsParis, France
Genres
Last updated:
This Movie Is About.
nurse
based on novel or book
paraplegic
marriage of convenience
marriage
bordeaux
machismo
satire
dark comedy
prejudice
clinic
doctor
marriage for money
sister-in-law
tunisia
doctor nurse relationship
Wiki.
Dr. Popaul is a 1972 French black comedy film directed by Claude Chabrol. also known under the titles High Heels and Scoundrel in White. Based on the 1969 novel Murder at Leisure by Hubert Monteilhet, the film tells the story of an inveterate womaniser who, after marrying an unattractive but rich girl, seduces her prettier sister and has a baby with her. The revenge of his wife is painful and fatal.
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