The Killer Strikes at Dawn
1970 · 90 MIN · IMDB 5.3 · 95 VOTES · DIR. Marc Simenon
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,960 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:53 THE KILLER STRIKES AT DAWN (THE MUSHROOM)
00:08:03 No, I did nothing.
00:11:43 We should never speak about money.
00:13:58 What a day!
00:18:02 Her voice sounded funny.
00:22:12 - But you're always alone, my dear friend. - I'm used to it.
00:26:39 I go to see my sister.
00:33:02 The doctor was a friend, he was coming often.
00:36:15 so they didn't celebrate.
00:38:25 Apparently, no.
00:40:19 What happen in France was different. - You think so?
00:42:44 Please, Eric, not again.
00:46:28 What's wrong?
00:50:10 Who's there?
00:53:32 Of course not!
00:57:27 I came without an appointment, if it's a problem...
01:00:24 Come on, he lost his baby teeth already!
01:05:37 Jesus, you shouldn't touch it!
01:08:44 Stop it, I said!
01:10:47 Now, I know why. Yes, I know why.
01:15:00 Let their Cartesian spirit corrupt me.
01:17:51 To the judge...
01:19:43 Isn't it?
10:00:00 Congratulations again, etc, etc.
Cast & Characters
Mylène Demongeot
Anne Calder
Jean-Claude Bouillon
Le docteur Eric Calder
Alida Valli
Linda Benson
Philippe Monnet
Gaëtan Benson
Catherine Allégret
Jeanette
Jean Claudio
L'inspecteur Kogan
Georges Géret
Kurt
Guy Grosso
L'acteur du film publicitaire
Claude Para
François Simon
Le juge d'instruction Forman
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,960
Dialogue density21.8 lines / min
First line00:00:53
Final line10:00:00
Production Record
DirectorMarc Simenon
LanguageFrench
IMDb votes95