Paris, 1937. Winckler kills his enemy Gordon, a Chicago mobster, from the stage of a Parisian music hall, where he performs telepathy. He pays another artist, Helene, so that she tells the police they've spent the night together, which doesn't fool Callas, the police officer who investigates the murder. He hires one of his fellow officers in order to seduce Helene.

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Cast

Erich von Stroheim

Professor Winckler

Louis Jouvet

Commissioner Calas

Jany Holt

Hélène Ardouin

Albert Préjean

André Laurent

Véra Flory

Barmaid

Made Siamé

Calas's secretary

Roger Blin

Kretz, Winckler's henchman

Philippe Richard

John Gordon

Maurice Baquet

Gérard

Pierre Labry

First inspector

Max Dalban

Second inspector

Florence Marly

Gordon's Mistress