---
title: 'Just Before Nightfall (1971)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Claude Chabrol'
released: '1971-03-31'
runtime_minutes: 106
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'France'
  - 'Italy'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/just-before-nightfall-1971'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073221/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Just Before Nightfall (1971)

1971 · 106 min · Drama, Crime · France, Italy

Original title: Juste avant la nuit

## Synopsis

Just Before Nightfall is a 1971 French crime drama film written and directed by Claude Chabrol and starring Stéphane Audran and Michel Bouquet. Based on the 1951 novel The Thin Line by Edward Atiyah, it follows a married businessman who, after killing his mistress, tries to ease his conscience by confessing to his wife and the victim's husband.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Claude Chabrol](https://cinepixo.com/people/claude-chabrol)
- **Screenplay:** [Claude Chabrol](https://cinepixo.com/people/claude-chabrol)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Pierre Jansen](https://cinepixo.com/people/pierre-jansen)
- **Producer:** [André Génovès](https://cinepixo.com/people/andre-genoves)
- **Director of Photography:** [Jean Rabier](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-rabier)

## Cast

- [Paul Temps](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-temps)
- [Jean-Marie Arnoux](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-marie-arnoux)
- [Dominique Zardi](https://cinepixo.com/people/dominique-zardi)
- [Roger Lumont](https://cinepixo.com/people/roger-lumont)
- [Célia](https://cinepixo.com/people/celia)
- [Daniel Lecourtois](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniel-lecourtois)
- [Stéphane Audran](https://cinepixo.com/people/stephane-audran)
- [Michel Duchaussoy](https://cinepixo.com/people/michel-duchaussoy)
- [Marina Ninchi](https://cinepixo.com/people/marina-ninchi)
- [Jean Carmet](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-carmet)
- [Clelia Matania](https://cinepixo.com/people/clelia-matania)
- [Michel Bouquet](https://cinepixo.com/people/michel-bouquet)
- [Marcel Gassouk](https://cinepixo.com/people/marcel-gassouk)
- [Dominique Marcas](https://cinepixo.com/people/dominique-marcas)
- [Gilbert Servien](https://cinepixo.com/people/gilbert-servien)

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