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
Docteur Paul Simay
Mia Farrow
Christine Dupont
Laura Antonelli
Martine Dupont
Marlène Appelt
l'infirmière Carole
Dominique Zardi
l'Evêque
Daniel Lecourtois
Professeur Dupont
Daniel Ivernel
Docteur Berthier
Patrick Préjean
un prétendant
Michel Peyrelon
Joseph Melville, le prétendant aux betteraves
Henri Attal
la sourde
Maja Wodecka
Josiane Balasko
fille moche (uncredited)
Christian Chauvaud
un copain du Dr. Popaul (uncredited)
Patrice Énard
(uncredited)
Louis Navarre
un prétendant de Martine (uncredited)
André Penvern
(uncredited)
Daniel Villattes
(uncredited)
Louis Devaivre
Sound Designer
Jacques Gaillard
Editor
Guy Littaye
Set Decoration
Claude Chabrol
Director
Hubert Monteilhet
Novel
Alain Belmondo
Producer
Jean Rabier
Director of Photography
Paul Gégauff
Screenplay
Georges Casati
Producer
Pierre Jansen
Original Music Composer
André Génovès
Producer
Guy Chichignoud
Sound Designer
Catherine Ohotnikoff
Madame Steeg
Christophe Merle
Monique Fardoulis
Louis Duranton
Media.
Details.
Release DateSeptember 29, 1972
Original NameDocteur Popaul
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 35m
Filming LocationsParis, France
Genres
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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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