Experiment in Evil

1959

French

6.5

♡ 5

100%

Jean Renoir Director

Jacqueline Morane as Alberte

Bernard Fresson as Extra

Jean-Louis Barrault as Le docteur Cordelier / Opale

Catherine Rouvel as (scenes deleted)

Dr. Cordelier, living in a suburb of Paris, withdraws from society to pursue research into the functioning of the human brain. His lifelong friend, Maître Joly, becomes concerned when Cordelier draws up a will that bequeaths his entire estate to a stranger, Monsieur Opale; he cannot understand why Cordelier defends him, considering Opale attacks women and children. After a colleague is killed, Joly confronts Cordelier and discovers the truth behind his friend's behavior.

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Experiment in Evil