republic picture come late in the game to the werewolf er werecat genre . the plot have a writer return to paris after a long trip abroad during which he develop jungle fear during which he have blackout . he be arrive to great acclaim a his novel that parallel an infamous trial be a best seller . the french government want to know if he have access to secret document and something that seem more likely when an official be kill by a catman . suspicion really fall on the writer when his fiancé end up dead . complicate matter be the return of the blackout so the writer doesn not know if he the killer or not . okay thriller be much too leisurely to be fully enjoy . there be too many musical number early on and too much dead time when thing be all talk in the middle and late section . the acting be fine and the set quite good but there be a reason why most people i know only remember the top hat killer and he the most interesting thing in this film . despite it short running time ( just over an hour ) i think the reason that this film be rarely see on tv be that after 20 minute you begin to lose patience with it . as good a the talk be and i just wish someone would do something . when it finally do happen and in the closing minute and it be too little too late . take a pas .