Carroll Baker was usually the biggest name in the European thrillers she made in the late 60s and early 70s but here she's matched with Jean Louis Trintignant, that French film star from Z and A Man and a Woman who always looked like a chartered accountant.
He plays a married financier who falls in love with the mysterious Baker, who then claims her boyfriend (Horst Frank) wants to murdered Trintignant. Trintignant's wife Erika Blanc also gets involved.
There's some great giallo craziness: montage sequences of water skiing and dancing in night clubs, a black woman (Beryl Cunningham) dances and strips at a party and demands that a couple kiss.The second half it settles down to a standard rip off of Les Diabolique - husband dies, everyone's in cahoots, the two women are having an affair, the wife is driven ga-ga, the police inspector gets them at the end... Actually listing the story elements like that, this really is a rip off.
Very erratic acting: I normally like Baker but while she has some sexy moments and is good with Trintignant, she's bad in the second half off the movie, with some awful dialogue delivery. She does a little bit of nudity though not as much as in other films. Erika Blanc is alright. Some groovy music and photography.
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