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Jo (1971)

Director: Jean Girault

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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.

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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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