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In tubi, it's called "this man must die", but the original french title shown on the film is "que la bête meure", which is roughly, "that the beast dies". Right at the start of the film, someone gets mowed down by a reckless driver. And charles thénier ( michel duchaussoy) vows to get revenge on the killer. He zeroes in on a woman and her familiy, but needs more info before he comes up with a plan. Will he have the guts to knock someone off? How? And is it even the right person? Such a long movie. They should have cut about 30 minutes. We have so many little, un-necessary discussions with people. Some beautiful scenery of france. Some twists and turns! It's mostly well done. Directed by claude chabrol. I had seen a couple of chabrol's other films, and they were pretty good! Story based on the novel by cecil day lewis, writing as nicholas blake.

When an ex comes back into lily's life, she is less than overjoyed. And it brings up all kinds of questions for her son. And the coppers. And the courts. No-one's story matches. Even grandad (morgan) is involved in all this trouble. When there's a murder in town, and someone wakes up d-e-d dead, there are even more questions. And criminal charges. And the judge presiding over the murder case seems to have a prejudice against cobb (matthau) a local lawyer. It's okay. Pretty low budget production. Stephanie zimbalist is mom. The awesome but now departed walter matthau plays the defense attorney on the case. Zimbalist and morgan had already starred in their own television series by now, and matthau was a veteran of many, many huge films. And check out that wide tie in the courtroom! My dad used to wear wide ties like that back in the day. It felt like a bit of a "happily ever after " ending, but you can judge for yourself. Directed by delbert mann. He had won an oscar for marty...way back when.

The big stars here were montgomery and hayes. Hayes had just won her oscar, and montgomery will be nominated for a couple in a few years. In the story, a young couple has just eloped, and when they return, victor's family isn't very welcoming to stella, the new bride. Vic's mother doesn't approve of stella's independent ways, and constantly says so to stella's face. But the real problem is that vic won't stand up for his own wife, and even backs up his mother. To make things worse, the nephew jerry falls for stella, and can't get over her. It's just on the cusp of the film code, so they were able to push the boundaries more than most films at the time. Can vic and stella move past all this? It's quite well done, which is surprising with all those writers... or maybe because of all those writers. Keep an eye out for margaret hamilton, six years before oz, and henry travers, from wonderful life! This had started out as a play by rose franken, with several actors performing their roles from the stage. Directed by ed griffith. I had seen several of his films, and they aren't bad!