This is a major disappointment and Clouzot fans should be wary. This is no Wages of Fear, Diaboliques or Le Corbeau. I have a feeling that this project was foist upon him after Le Corbeau so upset the French and was his way back. Whatever, this may have a easy going melodramatic charm for some but there is just no edge, no strong and believable action. The characters are hard to believe in and although some allowance should be made for the time and circumstances, I found it hard to stick with this to the end. The music should have been more rousing, the central couple more attractive with some sense of being 'real' and although the police inspector does well there is such a madhouse of characters involved by the end that the film almost turns to farce.
Review of Jenny Lamour
