''The Mushroom'' (french: Le champignon, it, L'assassino colpisce all'alba, also known as ''The Murderer Strikes at Dawn'', ''The Killer Strikes at Dawn'' and ''L’assassin frappe à l’aube'') is a 1970 French-Italian
crime film written and directed by
Marc Simenon.
Plot
A physician, growing distant from his workaholic wife, befriends an artist. After a night spent drinking and taking
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* Psychoactive ''Amanita'' mushroom
* Psilocybin mushroom
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with the artist, the physician discovers that his wife had died, and begins to question what took place.
Cast
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Mylène Demongeot as Anne Calder
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Alida Valli
Alida Maria Laura, '' Freiin'' Altenburger von Marckenstein-Frauenberg (31 May 1921 – 22 April 2006), better known by her stage name Alida Valli (or simply Valli), was an Italian actress who appeared in more than 100 films in a 70-year career, ...
as Linda Benson
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Jean-Claude Bouillon
Jean-Claude Bouillon (27 December 1941 – 31 July 2017) was a French actor. He appeared in more than eighty films from 1966 until 2015.
Filmography
References Footnotes
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as Éric Calder
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Catherine Allégret
Catherine Allégret (born 16 April 1946) is a French actress. She is the daughter of Simone Signoret and Yves Allégret.Becker, Frawley (2004) ''And the Stars Spoke Back: A Dialogue Coach Remembers Hollywood Players of the Sixties in Paris'', Sca ...
as Jeannette
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Philippe Monnet as Gaëtan
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Jean Claudio as Kogan
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Georges Géret
Georges G̩ret (18 October 1924 Р7 April 1996) was a French film actor. He appeared in over 80 films between 1954 and 1992. He was born in Lyon, France.
Selected filmography
* '' The Unfrocked One'' (1954) - Un militaire à l'Oflag et à ...
as Kurt
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François Simon as Le Juge
References
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1970 films
1970 crime films
French crime films
Italian crime films
Films directed by Marc Simenon
1970s French films
1970s Italian films
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