''Le Chat et la Souris'' (US title: ''Cat and Mouse'', also known as ''Seven Suspects for Murder'') is a

1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...

French mystery film directed and written by

Claude Lelouch Claude Barruck Joseph Lelouch (; born 30 October 1937) is a French film director, writer, cinematographer, actor and producer. Lelouch grew up in an Algerian Jewish Family. He emerged as a prominent director in the 1960s. Lelouch gained critica ...

. The film stars Michèle Morgan, Serge Reggiani and

Jean-Pierre Aumont Jean-Pierre Aumont (born Jean-Pierre Philippe Salomons; 5 January 1911 – 30 January 2001) was a French actor, and holder of the Légion d'Honneur and the Croix de Guerre for his World War II military service. Early life Aumont was born Jea ...

. It tells the story of a rich widow, whose philandering husband is killed, and an inspector tries to solve the murder mystery.

Cast

* Michèle Morgan as Madame Richard * Serge Reggiani as Lechat *

Philippe Léotard Philippe Léotard (his full name was Ange Philippe Paul André Léotard-Tomasi; 28 August 1940 – 25 August 2001) was a French actor, poet and singer. Biography He was born in Nice, one of seven children - four girls, then three boys, of wh ...

as Pierre Chemin *

as Monsieur Richard * Valérie Lagrange as Manuelle *Michel Peyrelon as Germain *Christine Laurent as Christine *

Philippe Labro Philippe Labro (born 27 August 1936) is a French author, journalist and film director. He has worked for RTL, '' Paris Match'', TF1 and Antenne 2. He is a laureate of the Prix Interallié, a French literary distinction founded in 1930, whic ...

as Philippe Lacombe *

Jacques François Henri Jacques Daniel Paul François (16 May 1920 – 25 November 2003), known as Jacques François was a French actor. During a sixty-year career (1942–2002) he appeared in more than 120 films and over 30 stage productions. In 1948 he we ...

as Le préfet de police *Arlette Emmery as Rose *Jean Mermet *Anne Libert as Anne * Judith Magre as The lady with the dog *

Yves Afonso Yves Afonso (13 February 1944 – 21 January 2018) was a French actor. He was born in Saulieu in the Côte-d'Or ''département''. Since his uncredited debut in the movie '' Masculin, féminin'' in 1966, he had many roles, both in movies and on ...

as William Daube - le gauchiste

External links

* * 1975 films 1970s comedy mystery films French comedy mystery films 1970s French-language films Films set in Paris Films directed by Claude Lelouch 1975 comedy films 1970s French films {{mystery-film-stub