After his doctor recommends a lengthy vacation, French detective Henri Cassin (Steven Geray) settles into the bucolic village of St. Margot for a rest. Checking into a family-owned hotel, the detective soon finds himself pursued by the pretty innkeeper’s daughter, Nanette (Micheline Cheirel), and succumbs to her charms. Shortly after the two marry, Nanette is found strangled to death, and Henri suspects Leon (Paul Marion), her ex-fiancé — until Leon turns up murdered as well.

__________________________

Choose Your Own Double Bill

During Hollywood’s Golden Era, the double bill was a popular concept, offering two films for the price of one ticket.  The second feature — nicknamed B movie — was usually a smaller budget film, with actors lesser known than the studios’ biggest stars.  Columbia was famous for its gritty, inventive B movies, often crime films. In homage to that tradition, we also offer our take on a double bill:

Present your ticket to any one of these four “A” movies  – The Big Heat / Human Desire / In a Lonely Place / The Lady From Shanghai – for a free ticket to any one of the B movies – Murder by Contract / Scandal Sheet / So Dark the Night / Walk a Crooked Mile. 

The two films do not need to be on the same day, and the free ticket can only be redeemed in person at the Box Office.