L'Assassin habite au 21

Original title: L'assassin habite... au 21

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Cozy Mystery Whodunnit Comedy Crime Mystery Thriller

Inspector Wens moves into a Paris boarding house to catch a serial killer.Inspector Wens moves into a Paris boarding house to catch a serial killer.Inspector Wens moves into a Paris boarding house to catch a serial killer.

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IMDb RATING

7.3/10

3.8K

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Trivia
There is a poster for this movie displayed in the theatre in Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds (2009).

Goofs
Near the beginning, before Wren's boss goes into his office looking for him, a shadow of the boom microphone is visible on the wall behind him in the hallway.

Quotes
Mila Malou - la maîtresse tapageuse de Wens: [Being arrested in police station] Call my friend.
Police officer: I don't give a damn.
Mila Malou - la maîtresse tapageuse de Wens: But my friend is...
Police officer: Even if he's the Pope!
Mila Malou - la maîtresse tapageuse de Wens: I don't sleep with the Pope! I'm a God-fearing, decent girl.

Connections
Featured in La Vie sera Belle (2007)

Soundtracks
Je Sais bien que tu Mens
Music by Maurice Yvain
Lyrics by Albert Willemetz
Performed by Suzy Delair

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Featured review

7/10

Delicious comedy-mystery with ingenious resolution

Henri-Georges Clouzot's solo feauture-length directing debut (which he also co-wrote) was certainly an auspicious one; the film is closer to American "commercial" entertainment than to French "art" cinema, but that's not a bad thing. Lots of humor (like an early scene depicting the bureaucratic ladder of the French police), some great POV camerawork, a terrific music score that bursts out at key moments, a delightful Suzy Delair as the French equivalent of Lucille Ball, and above all a totally surprising resolution that I almost guarantee you will not guess ahead of time. Highly recommended. Only flaw: a hurried final scene. *** out of 4.