: The director's wife, playing the fragile, deeply religious, and terrified school owner.
: It pioneered the modern "shocker" ending, setting a blueprint for the thriller genre for decades to come. 1955 - Las diabГіlicas HD - Henri-Georges Clouzo...
: It is widely reported that Alfred Hitchcock narrowly lost the rights to the original novel to Clouzot. The success of Les Diaboliques later inspired Hitchcock to make Psycho (1960) to reclaim his title as the "Master of Suspense." : The director's wife, playing the fragile, deeply
: Michel’s frail, long-suffering wife, Christina , and his fed-up mistress, Nicole , form an unlikely alliance to murder him. The success of Les Diaboliques later inspired Hitchcock
: They lure Michel to Nicole’s hometown, drug him, and drown him in a bathtub. They then transport the body back to the school and dump it in the overgrown swimming pool, intending for it to look like an accident once it's discovered.
The story is set at a dilapidated boarding school for boys run by the cruel and tyrannical .