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Portrait of a Murderer (1949) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1949 · 100 mins · French
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- Directed by
- Bernard-Roland
- Starring
- Arletty, Marcel Dalio, Pierre Brasseur, Erich von Stroheim, Édouard Francomme, Jean-Pierre Mocky
A circus daredevil is the next victim of a danger-seducing woman who tricks him into a potentially deadly stunt after he attempted to kill her.
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