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The House of the Missing Girls (1969)

The House of the Missing Girls poster
Original title
Traquenards
Directed by
Jean-François Davy
Genre
drama film
Country
France
Runtime
1h 25m
Rated
R
Rating
5.2 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman gets involved with a possessive mobster and must navigate his controlling and dangerous world. Her life becomes increasingly trapped as she tries to find a way out.

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What happens

The House of the Missing Girls (French: Traquenards; "Traps") is a 1969 French film directed by Jean-François Davy and starring Anna Gaël, Hans Meyer, and Roland Lesaffre. It follows a woman who becomes the moll of a possessive mobster. The film was distributed in the United States by VIP Distributing, who dubbed the film in English and edited the film significantly, releasing it in the United States as The House of the Missing Girls. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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