by Ted Davis

Directed by: Anthony Pelissier

Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains some spoilers for this film!

Synopsis: Giles Gordon (David Farrar), an ex-serviceman wounded and nearly blinded during WWII, recuperates in the south of France before resuming his law practice. He is attracted by shop assistant Alix Delaisse née Malinay (Nadia Gray) and she returns his affection. Their love affair thrives, but suddenly, and without warning, Alix ends the relationship. Giles risks a chancy operation to restore his sight, so that he can better solve the mystery of Alix’s puzzling behavior. With his sight restored, Giles uncovers a tangle of intrigue that reaches back to the recent war, and which involves collaboration with the occupying Germans, base treachery, black market smuggling, and multiple murders.

Purr Blurs: After a twilight confrontation with the sleazy and cowardly Pierre Chaval (Gerard Landry), Giles walks past a dark street cat – in this instance a street cat literally sitting in the middle of the street.

Later Giles takes a horse-drawn trap and passes yet another street cat.

Kitty Cameo: Late one evening, in an attempt to gather incriminating evidence, Giles steals into the lower storage level of a café that is central to the smuggling activities. He is joined by an insistent and vocal tabby cat who trails from the upper street level down a flight of stairs, and into the lower level of the café, where he meows almost constantly and knocks over some glass bottles, the noise of which brings the smugglers from the upstairs floor to investigate.

Final Mewsings: If Giles had just fed that cat, he wouldn’t have been so noisy.

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