Quattro donne nella notte

'Larry' (Michel Auclair) is an unpleasant character, a rich newspaper owner, but is still able to charm the four women in his life. He invites all four to a dinner at his new penthouse flat where there is an alarming health and safety issue with the rooftop railing. We learn about his history with each of the women, and we might speculate that as the baddy he has a reason to kill any one of them. It's a tense last section of the film as he sets about his plan. He certainly has the creepy ability to appear behind someone's shoulder from nowhere. Four strong performances from the women - I was impressed by Lyla Rocco's moments of young vulnerability, Corinne Calvet's scheming mood changes and Miriam di San Servolo's noir-thriller hardness (as the younger sister of Mussolini's mistress it could be that she was appropriately cast). However it was Danielle Darrieux who brought me to this film and she doesn't disappoint, the sensible, moral ex-wife who knows Larry only too well but still softens at his word.