Without Apparent Motive

Without Apparent Motive
Sans mobile apparent
Directed byPhilippe Labro
Screenplay byPhilippe Labro
Jacques Lanzmann
Vincenzo Labella
Based onTen Plus One by Ed McBain
Produced byJacques-Éric Strauss
StarringJean-Louis Trintignant
Carla Gravina
Jean-Pierre Marielle
Dominique Sanda
CinematographyJean Penzer
Music byEnnio Morricone
Production
companies
Cinétel
Euro International Film
Président Films
Distributed byValoria Films
Release date
  • 15 September 1971 (1971-09-15)
Running time
100 minutes
CountriesFrance
Italy
LanguageFrench

Without Apparent Motive (French: Sans mobile apparent) is a 1971 French thriller film directed by Philippe Labro and adapted from the 1963 novel Ten Plus One by Ed McBain. Set in Nice, it tells the story of a police detective faced with a series of unexplained killings of apparently unconnected people by a mystery sniper.