Complete credited cast: | |||
Orson Welles | ... | Hagolin / Lamerciere | |
Juliette Gréco | ... | Eponine / Florence | |
Bradford Dillman | ... | Larnier / Claude | |
Alexander Knox | ... | President | |
Catherine Lacey | ... | Mother Superior | |
William Lucas | ... | Kerstner | |
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Maurice Teynac | ... | Doctor |
Austin Willis | ... | Hurtelaut | |
Cec Linder | ... | Murzeau | |
Eugene Deckers | ... | Magre | |
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Yves Brainville | ... | Prosecutor |
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Vivian Matalon | ... | Young man at Buvette |
Jacques Marin | ... | Watchman | |
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Martine Alexis | ... | Doctor's Wife |
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Marc Doelnitz | ... | Journalist |
Three performers for six roles: this is the game of the film. A melodrama about two love triangles. In the first, Hagalin is killed by his mistress and her lover. In the second, attorney Lamorciere discovers her woman would like to elope with his assistant. During the trial against two murderer lovers, attorney agrees to a minor sentence for them. Written by adalberto fornario <pappagone2@libero.it>
One of the outstanding--albeit forgotten--films of the early 1960s, CRACK IN THE MIRROR is a sizzling, frankly sexual, twist-filled drama with Orson Welles, Juliette Greco and Bradford giving the performances of their careers. (Make that the "two" performances of their careers!) In the first story, lower-class lovers Ms. Greco and Dillman are so in lust that they plan an intricate murder to rid themselves of Ms. Greco's dull husband, Mr. Welles. Now here's the twist. When they are put on trial for manslaughter, the distinguished judge is portrayed by Mr. Welles. And unbeknownst to him, a fellow detective (Mr. Dillman) and Mr. Welles' wife, the lustrous Ms. Greco, are also in heat and plotting to do away with him. To say anything more about this highly original, superbly-acted thriller would do it a disservice. Just SEE it, and savor three actors at their best (under Richard Fleicher's brilliant direction) in a film long-overdue for the praise it deserved some 40 years ago. Rating: ****