'' Black Dossier '' ( ) is a 1955 French drama film directed by André Cayatte . It was entered into the 1955 Cannes Film Festival . Jacques Arnaud arrives in a small town somewhere in the province . Soon a citizen reports to him that strangers have broken into his house where they stole a mysterious " black dossier " . This file had been given to him by a recently demised citizen named Le Guen . The content of this file included information on the town 's foremost businessman who behind his proper façade seems to be a ruthless fraudster . Arnaud has the corps of Le Guen exhumed and proof is found that this man has died of poisoning
1955 Cannes Film Festival
1955 Cannes Film Festival
Black Dossier (film)