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The Killer Strikes at Dawn

The Killer Strikes at Dawn

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Status

Released

Release Date

Apr 8, 1970

Runtime

1h 30m

Genres

Drama, Crime, Mystery

User Score

45%

Original Title

Le champignon

Production Companies

GI Film, Firmament Films, Méditerranée Cinéma, Société d'Expansion du Spectacle

Director

Marc Simenon

Description

A young physician becomes lonely when his workaholic wife ignores him to concentrate on her professional career. He is befriended by an older female artist who is fond of hallucinogenic mushrooms. When his wife is late for their anniversary celebration, he drinks and takes mushrooms with the artist. He wakes up to find she has died and is fearful he may have accidentally killed her.