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8.1
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kim477
Critic Kim Newman
rated 10

The horrific mystery has lost only a fraction of its power over the years, though literally dozens of films (...) have borrowed part or all of its tricky storyline.

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Cast & Crew

Pierre Larquey
As Mr. Drain
Robert Dalban
As Garage Owner
Michel Serrault
As Mr. Raymond
Jean Lefebvre
As Robert
Jean Brochard
As Plantiveau
Henri Coutet
As Employee of the Morgue (uncredited)

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In a tense, atmospheric thriller, two women -- a wife and a mistress -- join forces to take down their sadistic, abusive husband/lover, drowning him in a bathtub. But when his corpse disappears from the swimming pool where they dumped it, strange occurrences begin to unravel their perfect crime. As a retired detective investigates, the women's sanity frays, and they start to suspect each other. Who will ultimately be the last one standing in this twisted game of cat and mouse?

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Some movies that have similar genres and were produced around the same time as Diabolique include The Bat, Psycho, Fright, House on Haunted Hill (In Color & Restored), I Bury the Living, The City of the Dead.

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Diabolique was released in theaters on November 21, 1955.