The Toilets Were Closed from the Inside (1976)

A bus conductor gets dressed for work in the morning, goes to the toilet, where he is killed by a bomb. The Commissioner and his fat, bumbling assistant, Inspector Charbonnier are put on the case. After interviewing friends, wives, colleagues, and spying on strangers who might be connected, our heroes trace the assassin down to a mental institution where, it seems, the murder victim has been an inmate for the last three years...

Released

1976-01-07

Genres

Crime, Comedy

Runtime

74 min

Status

Released

Directed / written by

Patrice Leconte

TMDB rating

5.3/10 from 51 votes