The Mushroom (1970 film)

The Mushroom (French: Le champignon, Italian: L'assassino colpisce all'alba, also known as The Murderer Strikes at Dawn, The Killer Strikes at Dawn and L’assassin frappe à l’aube) is a 1970 French-Italian crime film written and directed by Marc Simenon.^[1][2]

The Mushroom
Directed by	Marc Simenon
Written by	Alphonse Boudard Marc Simenon
Starring	Mylène Demongeot Alida Valli
Cinematography	Marcel Combes
Music by	Zoo
Release date	1970 (1970)
Language	French

Plot

A physician, growing distant from his workaholic wife, befriends an artist. After a night spent drinking and taking hallucinogenic mushroom with the artist, the physician discovers that his wife had died, and begins to question what took place.^[3]

Cast

• Mylène Demongeot as Anne Calder
• Alida Valli as Linda Benson
• Jean-Claude Bouillon as Éric Calder
• Catherine Allégret as Jeannette
• Philippe Monnet as Gaëtan
• Jean Claudio as Kogan
• Georges Géret as Kurt
• François Simon as Le Juge