pretty good movie about a man and his wife who get catch up in murder and the police officer investigate the case . it start off marvelously and but kind of hit a wall at a certain point . be sure we know what happen and then a tiny plot thread that seem at first like a red herring pop back up and disappoints . still and clouzot direction be great and and the acting be quite good . louis jouvet and who also co star in marcel carné drôle de drame and give the best performance a the clever detective . i wonder if the coen brother be influence by this film when they write fargo . much like that film and the police officer doesn not appear until nearly halfway through and and then he become almost the focus of the film . there also a lot of droll comedy surround him ( although sometimes his method seem sort of fascist ) .