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.
Paul, a former womanizer, 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
Arthur Ringard

Michel Peyrelon
Joseph Melville

Henri Attal
'La sourde'

Maja Wodecka

Josiane Balasko
Ugly girl (uncredited)

Christian Chauvaud
Friend of Dr. Popaul (uncredited)

Patrice Énard
(uncredited)

Louis Navarre
Suitor of Martine (uncredited)

André Penvern
(uncredited)

Daniel Villattes
(uncredited)

Paul Gégauff
Screenplay

Louis Devaivre
Sound Designer

Alain Belmondo
Producer

Claude Chabrol
Director

Hubert Monteilhet
Novel

André Génovès
Producer

Georges Casati
Producer

Guy Littaye
Set Decoration

Jean Rabier
Director of Photography

Guy Chichignoud
Sound Designer

Pierre Jansen
Original Music Composer

Jacques Gaillard
Editor

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
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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