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...began carrying out predawn identity checks at his hotel. "When the first 4 a.m. knock came, I obeyed a longstanding rule of mine for interruptions at that hour. I didn't answer but waited for the second and third knocks, standing clear of the door in case the caller knocked it down or shot through it. Finally I opened the door, purposely stark naked, for you often gain a few minutes thinking time if ordered to get dressed and go with whoever is there." Now back in Nairobi, Griggs confesses that he is "beginning to feel like a midwife...
...NIGHT CALLER Directed and Written by HENRI VERNEUIL...
Much of The Night Caller concerns a Paris police search for a man who makes obscene telephone calls. This guy is not your garden-variety breather. He is a murderer who starts by ringing up women and ends by doing them in. As if this were not plot enough, the detective in charge of the investigation (Jean-Paul Belmondo) also devotes a great deal of time to tracking down a bank robber who has eluded him for months and become a personal nemesis. Belmondo's pursuit, which is elaborate and unlikely, finds him at one point hugging the roof...
...Night Caller is one of those French films made in envious and inadvertently silly imitation of American crime melodramas. Director Henri Verneuil (The Sicilian Clan) works hard to duplicate every cliche of the genre, from a car chase right down to a breathless pursuit up stairs that wind like a snail's shell...
...furthest extremities, Belmondo remains modishly tailored. This causes problems. Tapered trousers make it difficult to get a leg up, and boots with high heels cause any flatfoot to slip and slide on the fabled Paris roofs. It could be said that the only genuine suspense The Night Caller has to offer is whether the leading man will split his pants...