Spotlight on a Murderer
1961 · 95 MIN · IMDB 6.5 · 668 VOTES · DIR. Georges Franju
Overview
An old count hides just before he dies to annoy his heirs. The heirs search a manor for the count's body and are killed off one by one. Jean-Marie, his fiancée Micheline, and Edwige investigate the deaths and search for the count's body.
Dialogue Timeline — 722 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:17 SPOTLIGHT ON THE ASSASSIN
00:09:41 I'll arrive in a gondola
00:13:55 For the inheritance What does it all matter?
00:15:31 - Debts? - Yes, debts
00:17:55 Nothing here belongs to you
00:19:36 I'll be a mute
00:23:35 they fly around and around and can't get out
00:25:42 Sometimes he locks me up
00:28:03 leads his horse to drink
00:31:42 Except when our interests are at stake
00:33:24 She's widowed, she's young she's pretty
00:38:00 Over there
00:42:19 Yes tell us
00:46:30 I'm leaving you here I'm going back to Paris
00:50:36 It says I'm guilty
00:52:26 The light
00:56:00 Is that why you're clowning about?
00:59:23 I think about things
01:01:31 Certain?
01:05:22 Take that, 'cause you won't be at the feast
01:09:17 Eliane's lover is coming
01:15:10 Upon hearing the story of her ancestors
01:18:25 What should we do?
400:00:00 - How so?
Cast & Characters
Pierre Brasseur
Comte Hervé de Kerloguen
Pascale Audret
Jeanne Benoist-Sainval
Marianne Koch
Edwige
Jean-Louis Trintignant
Jean-Marie de Kerloguen
Dany Saval
Micheline
Jean Babilée
Christian de Kerloguen
Georges Rollin
Claude Benoist-Sainval
Gérard Buhr
Henri
Maryse Martin
Marthe
Serge Marquand
Yvan
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed722
Dialogue density7.6 lines / min
First line00:00:17
Final line400:00:00
Production Record
DirectorGeorges Franju
LanguageFrench
IMDb votes668