Scoundrel in White (1972)
September 29, 1972
Comedy
1h 35m


Paul, a former womanizer, marries the head of the medical department's "unattractive" daughter Christine because he thinks attractive women can't be trusted and make poor wives. A car accident leaves him bedridden and he begins to miss his playboy days, when Christine's bombshell sister Martine arrives and Paul decides he must have her. He begins drugging Christine at night so he can sneak out to kill of Martine's many suitors one by one.
Cast & Crew
- Director
- Claude Chabrol
- Doctor Paul Simay Jean-Paul Belmondo
- Christine Dupont Mia Farrow
- Martine Dupont Laura Antonelli
- Nurse Carole Marlène Appelt
- Bishop Dominique Zardi
- Professor Dupont Daniel Lecourtois
- Doctor Berthier Daniel Ivernel
- Arthur Ringard Patrick Préjean
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Keywords
- based on novel or book
- nurse
- paraplegic
- marriage
- dark comedy
- satire
- bordeaux, france
- machismo
- marriage of convenience
- prejudice
- clinic
- doctor
- marriage for money
- sister-in-law
- tunisia
- doctor nurse relationship