Discovering "le Meurtrier" directed by Claude Autant-Lara was an immense pleasure for a film noir fan like me. This Patricia Highsmith's novel is well adapted by Jean Aurenche and Pierre Bost. There is a lot of tension between the two husbands who simultinuously lose their wives by murder or suicide, the situation becomes more and more complex for the inspector who investigates till the climax ending. The cinematography by Jacques Natteau (who worked mostly for Claude Autant-Lara and lightened very few movies) is rich with long shots and expressionist night scenes. The cast is absolutely perfect : of course, the main two characters played by Maurice Ronet and Gert Fröbe (special cinematography for him), but also Robert Hossein (yes indeed, he is brilliant and speed as the inspector trying to discover the truth, almost a pre inspector Harry). I really wish this invisible nugget gets released on dvd.