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A Parisian museum director believes his wife is cheating on him and so places a poisoned cigarette in the box on his desk, thus allowing chance to decide the moment of his death.
Top billed cast
Andrée BrabantDenise Guérande
Gabriel SignoretPierre Guérande
Jules RaucourtMaurice Herbert- Genevieve WilliamsIrène de Tramont
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