title: The Mushroom (1970 film)
text: # The Mushroom (1970 film)
  
  The Mushroom (French: Le champignon, Italian: L'assassino colpisce all'alba, also known as The Murderer Strikes at Dawn, The Killer Strikes at Dawn and L’assassin frappe à l’aube) is a 1970 French-Italian crime film written and directed by Marc Simenon.
  
  ## Plot
  
  A physician, growing distant from his workaholic wife, befriends an artist. After a night spent drinking and taking hallucinogenic mushroom with the artist, the physician discovers that his wife had died, and begins to question what took place.
  
  ## Cast
  
  * Mylène Demongeot as Anne Calder
  * Alida Valli as Linda Benson
  * Jean-Claude Bouillon as Éric Calder
  * Catherine Allégret as Jeannette
  * Philippe Monnet as Gaëtan
  * Jean Claudio as Kogan
  * Georges Géret as Kurt
  * François Simon as Le Juge
  