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| 3 | A 1966 American independent drama film directed by Creator/VicMorrow, based on the 1949 French play ''Haute Surveillance'' by Creator/JeanGenet. |
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| 5 | While incarcerated in a hellish French prison, petty thief Lefranc (Creator/LeonardNimoy) competes with his cellmate Maurice (Creator/PaulMazursky) for the [[HoYay attentions]] of their third cellmate, the murderer Greeneyes (Michael Forest). |
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| 8 | !!This movie provides examples of : |
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| 10 | * CharacterFilibuster: Greeneyes. |
| 11 | %%* DownerEnding |
| 12 | * {{Flashback}}: To the robbery that landed Lefranc in prison. |
| 13 | * MurderTheHypotenuse: [[spoiler: Lefranc finally snaps and strangles Maurice.]] |
| 14 | * OneWordTitle: |
| 15 | * SelectiveObliviousness: Greeneyes assumes that when his cellmates ''look'' at him in a not-quite-heterosexual way, it's [[invoked] because they're imagining what his girlfriend looks like. |
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