---
title: 'Spotlight on a Murderer (1961)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Georges Franju'
released: '1961-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 95
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'France'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/spotlight-on-a-murderer-1961'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055308/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Spotlight on a Murderer (1961)

1961 · 95 min · Drama · France

Original title: Pleins feux sur l'assassin

## Synopsis

Spotlight on a Murderer is a 1961 French psychodrama/murder-mystery film directed by Georges Franju. It was released on Blu-ray and DVD by Arrow Films in August 2017 in the UK and USA regions in an open-matte 1.37:1 transfer by Gaumont of the film's original 1.66:1 aspect ratio.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Georges Franju](https://cinepixo.com/people/georges-franju)
- **Screenplay:** [Boileau-Narcejac](https://cinepixo.com/people/boileau-narcejac)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Maurice Jarre](https://cinepixo.com/people/maurice-jarre)
- **Director of Photography:** [Marcel Fradetal](https://cinepixo.com/people/marcel-fradetal)
- **Editor:** [Gilbert Natot](https://cinepixo.com/people/gilbert-natot)

## Cast

- [Jean Ozenne](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-ozenne)
- [Maryse Martin](https://cinepixo.com/people/maryse-martin)
- [Jean-Louis Trintignant](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-louis-trintignant)
- [Robert Vattier](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-vattier)
- [Gérard Buhr](https://cinepixo.com/people/gerard-buhr)
- [Serge Marquand](https://cinepixo.com/people/serge-marquand)
- [Jean Babilée](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-babilee)
- [Dany Saval](https://cinepixo.com/people/dany-saval)
- [Philippe Leroy](https://cinepixo.com/people/philippe-leroy)
- [Lucien Raimbourg](https://cinepixo.com/people/lucien-raimbourg)
- [Pascale Audret](https://cinepixo.com/people/pascale-audret)
- [Pierre Brasseur](https://cinepixo.com/people/pierre-brasseur)
- [Marianne Koch](https://cinepixo.com/people/marianne-koch)

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