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Director:
Claude Chabrol
Writers:
Paul Gégauff (writer)
Hubert Monteilhet (novel)
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Release Date:
29 September 1972 (France) more
Genre:
Comedy more
Plot:
Doctor Popaul doesn't trust beautiful women: he says he prefers "moral beauty". Among colleagues he... more | add synopsis
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User Comments:
A spoof? more (5 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Jean-Paul Belmondo ... Dr. Paul Simay

Mia Farrow ... Christine Dupont
Laura Antonelli ... Martine Dupont
Daniel Lecourtois ... Prof. Dupont
Marlène Appelt ... L'Infirmière Carole
Carlo Bartolotta
Michel Peyrelon ... Joseph
Patrick Préjean ... Arthur Rignard
Henri Attal ... La sourde
Louis Duranton
Monique Fardoulis
Christophe Merle
Madame Steeg
Catherine Ohotnikoff
Maja Wodecka (as Maya Wodecka)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Dr. Popaul
High Heels (USA)
Play Now, Pay Later (USA) (dubbed version)
Scoundrel in White (UK)
Trappola per un lupo (Italy)
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Runtime:
France:95 min
Country:
France | Italy
Language:
French
Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
France:-12 | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | Argentina:16
Filming Locations:
Bordeaux, Gironde, France more
Company:
Cerito Films more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
At the time, the biggest success of Claude Chabrol's career in France. more
Quotes:
Dr. Paul Simay: She's my sister and we're Russian. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Munich (2005) more
Soundtrack:
Les filles de Camaret more

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A spoof?, 28 September 2005
Author: dbdumonteil

At the time ,Chabrol was producing movies at an alarming speed .And that period is still looked upon his very best:"la femme infidèle" "le boucher" "que la bête meure" "la rupture" and "les noces rouges" are unqualified musts for any Chabrol fan.Two works took a divergent road in this golden era: "la decade prodigieuse " was a failed (but not completely wretched) attempt at transferring one of Ellery Queen's absorbing books to the screen .And then "Docteur Popaul" which is from Hubert Monteilhet's "meurtres à loisirs" .Monteilhet writes thrillers which sometimes recall Boileau-Narcejac ("Diabolique" "Vertigo" )but he introduces a sense of humor and a certain bad taste not present in the works of the writers I mention above.Chabrol has given a totally true rendering of Monteilhet atmosphere:the set up,the grotesque characters (particularly a made look ugly Mia Farrow :why her anyway?The director had to dub her in French ).The conclusion ,like in any Monteilhet's book, is immoral to a fault.But deliciously immoral.

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