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No Pockets in a Shroud

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In the newspaper he has just founded, journalist Dolannes exposes all the wheeling and dealing and scandals that go on in his town. But the day he exposes the socialist mayor's homosexual crime, he is shot dead by an unknown assailant in a cul-de-sac just before the paper is due to appear.

movie

Status: Released

Released Date: 1974-10-25

Runtime: 125 mins

Director: Jean-Pierre Mocky

Writer: Alain Moury, Jean-Pierre Mocky

Spoken language: Français

Genres: Drama, Crime

Original title: No Pockets in a Shroud

Production Companies: S.N. Prodis, Balzac Films

Production Countries: France

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