Los ojos siniestros

Robert Hossein the director showed flair for film noir in the late fifties/early sixties as "Toi Le Venin" or "Le Jeu De La Verite" testify;but those movies rely on writers ;they were not original screenplays.

In "Les Yeux Cernés " ,Hossein wrote the screenplay and it's obvious his lack of inspiration led him to imitate Clouzot's "Les Diaboliques" in his last sequences (the typewriter),like so many others.

Essentially a whodunit :who killed the nasty boss of the sawmill?In town,nobody liked him and his widow (who left him a long time ago)is alone for the funeral.The soon-to-be-rich heiress receives anonymous letters that frightens her .

Michèle Morgan is dazzlingly beautiful ,but her part of a widow is not really exciting;talented actors such as Hossein himself and Marie -France Pisier add to the pleasure ,but they do not save a weak script.