Directed by Georges Franju | Starring: Pierre Brasseur, Pascale Audret, Marianne Koch, Jean-Louis Trintignant

An old count hides just before he dies to annoy his heirs. The heirs search a manor for the count's body and are killed off one by one. Jean-Marie, his fiancée Micheline, and Edwige investigate the deaths and search for the count's body.