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Crack in the Mirror

7.5 97 mins Crime   Drama   1960
20th Century Fox  
Director(s): Richard Fleischer

Three stars appear in two separate but intertwined stories of romantic triangles gone wrong in this ambitious drama. In the first segment, Hagolin is a loutish construction worker with an unhappy wife, Eponine. The wife becomes involved with a swarthy working man, Larnier, and their passion knows no boundaries of caution or safety. Eventually, Eponine's and Larnier's lust drives them to madness, and they murder Hagolin. The second tale concerns an up-and-coming young lawyer, Claude, whose mentor is a highly successful veteran attorney, Lamerciere, with a beautiful young wife named Florence. Claude finds himself defending Larnier and Eponine, while Lamerciere dies of a heart attack after he discovers that Florence has been unfaithful to him with Claude.

Casts of Crack in the Mirror

Orson Welles

as Hagolin / Lamerciere

Juliette Gréco

as Eponine / Florence

Bradford Dillman

as Larnier / Claude

Alexander Knox

as President

Catherine Lacey

as Mother Superior

Yves Brainville

as Prosecutor

William Lucas

as Kerstner

Maurice Teynac

as Doctor

Austin Willis

as Hurtelaut

Cec Linder

as Murzeau

Eugene Deckers

as Magre

Vivian Matalon

as Young man at Buvette

Jacques Marin

as Watchman

Martine Alexis

as Doctor's Wife

Marc Doelnitz

as Journalist

Colin Drake

as Zanuck (uncredited)

Sally Kirkland

as Bit Part (uncredited)

Dominique Zardi

as (uncredited)

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