Title: Experiment in Evil (Le Testament du docteur Cordelier)
Release Date: 1960-07-04
IMDB ID: tt0053348
Vote Average: 6.6 (49 votes)
Overview: Dr. Cordelier, living in a suburb of Paris, withdraws from society to pursue research into the functioning of the human brain. His lifelong friend, Maître Joly, becomes concerned when Cordelier draws up a will that bequeaths his entire estate to a stranger, Monsieur Opale; he cannot understand why Cordelier defends him, considering Opale attacks women and children. After a colleague is killed, Joly confronts Cordelier and discovers the truth behind his friend's behavior.
Cast: Jean-Louis Barrault (Dr. Cordelier / Opale), Teddy Bilis (Joly), Michel Vitold (Dr. Lucien Severin), Sylviane Margollé (Little Girl Attacked by Opale), Jacques Danoville (Commissioner Lardaut), André Certes (Inspector Salbris),
Crew: Jean Renoir (Director), Robert Louis Stevenson (Novel), Georges Leclerc (Director of Photography), Renée Lichtig (Editor), Joseph Kosma (Original Music Composer),
Release Date: 1960-07-04
IMDB ID: tt0053348
Vote Average: 6.6 (49 votes)
Overview: Dr. Cordelier, living in a suburb of Paris, withdraws from society to pursue research into the functioning of the human brain. His lifelong friend, Maître Joly, becomes concerned when Cordelier draws up a will that bequeaths his entire estate to a stranger, Monsieur Opale; he cannot understand why Cordelier defends him, considering Opale attacks women and children. After a colleague is killed, Joly confronts Cordelier and discovers the truth behind his friend's behavior.
Cast: Jean-Louis Barrault (Dr. Cordelier / Opale), Teddy Bilis (Joly), Michel Vitold (Dr. Lucien Severin), Sylviane Margollé (Little Girl Attacked by Opale), Jacques Danoville (Commissioner Lardaut), André Certes (Inspector Salbris),
Crew: Jean Renoir (Director), Robert Louis Stevenson (Novel), Georges Leclerc (Director of Photography), Renée Lichtig (Editor), Joseph Kosma (Original Music Composer),