I don't think I have seen a Julien Duvivier film I haven't liked so far, and "Chair De Poule" is no exception; in this one, he pays homage to Hitchcock with some little "bits of business" (the paper, the dog digging, etc.), but mostly he follows the time-honored traditions of film noir, with complex, corruptible characters and a top-notch, poisonous, extremely sexy femme fatale (Catherine Rouvel). The film is based on a James Hadley Chase novel, and it's well-plotted: you never know where the story is heading. Perhaps the only disappointment is the way Rouvel's last scene is handled. *** out of 4.
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