The Undertaker Parlor Computer (1976) [N/A]

Release Date:
April 7, 1976

Original Title:
L'Ordinateur des pompes funèbres

Alternate Titles:
Probability Factor

Genres:
Comedy | Crime

Production Companies:
Lira Films
Produzioni Atlas Consorziate

Production Countries:
France | Italy

Ratings / Certifications:
FR: U 

Runtime: 84

Fred works for an insurance company as a computer engineer. He is bored with enduring the trials of his shrewish wife, so, after using actuarial tables to calculate the most common means of death, he cleverly prepares the family bathroom and brings about her demise. For a while he is content with his new freedom, but then he recognizes that a friend is in a similar situation.

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Costume Design:
Christian Aujard

Director:
Gérard Pirès

Director of Photography:
Michael Seresin

Editor:
Jacques Witta

Executive Producer:
Ralph Baum

Key Hair Stylist:
Claudine Cronier-Monin

Makeup Artist:
Joël Lavau

Makeup Department Head:
Alex Archambault

Novel:
Walter Kempley

Original Music Composer:
Claude Bolling

Producer:
Roland Girard
Raymond Danon
Jean Bolvary

Production Design:
Jean-Baptiste Poirot

Screenplay:
Jean-Patrick Manchette
Gérard Pirès

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