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Without Apparent Motive (1971)

Without Apparent Motive poster
Original title
Sans mobile apparent
Directed by
Philippe Labro
Genre
crime film
Country
France, Italy
Runtime
1h 35m
Rated
PG
Rating
5.9 of 10 from 68 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A police detective in Nice investigates a string of sniper murders where the victims seem to have no connection to each other. He must piece together the clues to find a pattern before the killer strikes again.

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What happens

Without Apparent Motive (French: Sans mobile apparent) is a 1971 French thriller film directed by Philippe Labro and adapted from the 1963 novel Ten Plus One by Ed McBain. Set in Nice, it tells the story of a police detective faced with a series of unexplained killings of apparently unconnected people by a mystery sniper. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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