In a sleepy seaside resort of the South of France, Mellie, a beautiful young woman (Marlene Jobert: To Catch a Spy) is stalked and then raped by a mysterious masked assailant. She shoots him dead soon afterwards and dumps his corpse in the sea.

When the body is recovered, American military officer Dobbs (Charles Bronson: The Dirty Dozen, Death Wish) accuses Mellie of the murder -- and of stealing the U.S. Army money that the rapist had been carrying with him…

This genuine nailbiter is an adaptation of a novel by acclaimed mystery writer Sébastien Japrisot.