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The Toilets Were Closed from the Inside

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A bus conductor gets dressed for work in the morning, goes to the toilet, where he is killed by a bomb. The Commissioner and his fat, bumbling assistant, Inspector Charbonnier are put on the case. After interviewing friends, wives, colleagues, and spying on strangers who might be connected, our heroes trace the assassin down to a mental institution where, it seems, the murder victim has been an inmate for the last three years...

movie

Status: Released

Released Date: 1976-01-07

Runtime: 74 mins

Director: Patrice Leconte

Writer: Gotlib

Spoken language: Français

Genres: Crime, Comedy

Original title: The Toilets Were Closed from the Inside

Production Companies: Gaumont

Production Countries: France

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