The Accuser

The Accuser

102 mins | Drama | Sept. 7, 1977

In this sardonic comedy, after an executive is killed in a mysterious automobile accident, the French offices of his multinational company is inundated with mysteriously threatening be-ribboned anti-capitalist tracts, delivered overnight to everyone's desks. Later, the executive's body is brought to company offices for an official wake -- only no one at the company has ordered that such a thing be done. A mysterious prankster, who is able to imitate the voice of the company's president, has arranged these things. When Americans from the head office get wind of these developments, they institute a search for the perpetrator which leads to mysterious subterranean passages under the company's skyscraper.

The Accuser

102 mins | Drama | Sept. 7, 1977

The Accuser
In this sardonic comedy, after an executive is killed in a mysterious automobile accident, the French offices of his multinational company is inundated with mysteriously threatening be-ribboned anti-capitalist tracts, delivered overnight to everyone's desks. Later, the executive's body is brought to company offices for an official wake -- only no one at the company has ordered that such a thing be done. A mysterious prankster, who is able to imitate the voice of the company's president, has arranged these things. When Americans from the head office get wind of these developments, they institute a search for the perpetrator which leads to mysterious subterranean passages under the company's skyscraper.
IMDb rating 6.3
Producers Citel Films, Action Films
Original title L'Imprécateur
Directors Claudine Taulère, Jean-Louis Bertuccelli, John Lvoff
Writers Stephen Becker, René-Victor Pilhes, Jean-Louis Bertuccelli

Cast

Jean Yanne

as Le directeur des Relations Humaines

Michel Piccoli

as Saint-Rame

Marlène Jobert

as Madame Arangrude

Jean-Claude Brialy

as Le Rantec

Michael Lonsdale

as Abéraud

Robert Webber

as Le cadre américain