Jo (1971)
Director: Jean Girault
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
Alec Coppel's play The Gazebo transposed to studio-bound France. About a writer who pretends he's writing a murder story but is in fact attempting to carry out the perfect crime, it is often predictable and sometimes repetitive. Some surprising gems, nevertheless: Bernard Blier as the Hitchcockian inspector, for instance; and de Funès, operating in that difficult area where everything is forced into the determinedly lightweight, is a unique farceur.Author:
Cast & crew
Director: Jean Girault
Producer: Léo L Fuchs
Cast: Louis de Funès, Claude Gensac, Christiane Muller, Bernard Blier, Carlo Nell, Jacques Marin, Ferdy Mayne full cast
Genre(s): Thrillers
Duration: 85 mins
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