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)
00:08:01 She slapped you because you did something wrong to her?
00:11:38 She's making a lot of money, now.
00:13:47 You know the others. My husband.
00:17:50 Too bad, I cooked something good for you.
00:21:46 But you arrived too late.
00:25:15 Monsieur, what do I do with all this?
00:32:34 So why did you come there this morning?
00:35:35 Happy anniversary, darling.
00:37:40 Don't hold it against us for disturbing for.
00:39:43 I'm sure it's him!
00:41:42 So?
00:44:13 See you later.
00:47:36 I was so afraid to wake up Monsieur, I didn't make any noise.
00:52:30 Yeah, they hassle everybody.
00:55:34 with a precise purpose?", answered: "I didn't consider it useful
00:58:22 That was too much. I have rights too.
01:02:39 What if I'm guilty? - Why do you say that?
01:06:26 You told us that already.
01:09:34 Betty.
01:11:21 I don't remember.
01:15:57 Listen, Gaetan...
01:18:14 When was that?
01:20:12 He...
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 line01:20:12
Production Record
DirectorMarc Simenon
LanguageFrench
IMDb votes95