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The Mushroom (1970)

The Mushroom poster
Original title
Le champignon
Directed by
Marc Simenon
Genre
crime film
Country
France, Italy
Runtime
1h 30m
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man investigates a series of murders that occur at dawn. The story follows his efforts to uncover the identity of the killer.

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What happens

The Mushroom (French: Le champignon, Italian: L'assassino colpisce all'alba, also known as The Murderer Strikes at Dawn, The Killer Strikes at Dawn and L’assassin frappe à l’aube) is a 1970 French-Italian crime film written and directed by Marc Simenon. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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