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Ten Days' Wonder is a french film of genre Drama directed by Claude Chabrol released in USA on 26 april 1972 with Michel Piccoli
Ten Days' Wonder (1971)
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Add to a movie listTen Days' Wonder (French: La Décade prodigieuse) is a French murder-mystery film directed by Claude Chabrol and based on the novel Ten Days' Wonder by Ellery Queen.
It follows the same story of the novel with the exception of detective Ellery Queen being changed to Paul Regis (Michel Piccoli). It was the fourth film that Orson Welles and Anthony Perkins appeared in together since The Trial in 1962.
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Théo van Horn est le patriarche de la famille van Horn. C'est un être tyrannique, orgueilleux, qui fait subir ses colères et ses caprices imprévisibles à ses proches. Son fils, Charles, doit lui rendre visite. Il demande à son ancien professeur d'université, Paul Régis, de bien vouloir l'accompagner. Charles a une liaison amoureuse cachée avec Hélène, la femme de Théo van Horn. Charles est victime d'un maître-chanteur qui menace de dévoiler cette histoire. Il vole de l'argent à son père pour le faire taire.Actors
Michel Piccoli
(Paul Regis)
Anthony Perkins
(Charles Van Horn)
Orson Welles
(Théo Van Horn)
Marlène Jobert
(Hélène Van Horn)
Dominique Zardi
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