La Décade prodigieuse (Ten Days Wonder )

La Décade prodigieuse (Ten Days Wonder ) (1971)

  • 43% of users liked it
    (253 ratings)

In this ponderous French mystery-drama, based on an Ellery Queen story, blackmail would seem to be the least of the problems of Charles (Anthony Perkins). His adoptive father Theo (Orson Welles) has a madwoman for a mother, and a gorgeous woman of Charles' age (Marlene Jobert) for a wife. In fact,… More

PG, 1 hr. 45 min.
Directed By
Claude Chabrol
Written By
Eugene Archer, Frederic Dannay, Paul Gardner
Genres
Drama, Horror, Mystery & Suspense
In Theaters
Apr 26, 1972 Wide
On DVD
May 20, 2003

Critic Reviews

  • Michael E. Grost, Classic Film and Television

    Creative adaptation of the Ellery Queen mystery.

  • Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

    This unique film is both awkward and mesmerizing.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • AJ V


    Why couldn't it have been five days wonder? This movie isn't terribly long, but it felt like it was taking forever to get where it was going. I understand it's supposed to be a mystery and all, but there just seemed to be a lot of focus on things that weren't all… More

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