The Third Lover
“Three's a crowd...until she whispered..."three's allowed.”
1962 · 1 h 20 min
Directed by 
Claude Chabrol
Claude ChabrolCast
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Plot
On a work assignment in Germany, failed novelist Albin becomes obsessed with his friend's wife, and a murder follows.
Sinekatalog’s take
Claude Chabrol's L'Œil du malin, with Jacques Charrier and Stéphane Audran, is a cool, ironic thriller, a Hitchcockian study of envy.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.0 / 10 (1,319 votes)
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