

Paula Nelson goes to Atlantic City to meet her lover, Richard Politzer, but finds him dead and decides to investigate his death. In her hotel room, she meets Typhus, whom she ends up knocking out. His corpse is later found in the apartment of David Goodis, a writer. Paula is arrested and interrogated. From then on, she encounters many gangsters.
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MADE IN U.S.A.
Cast

Anna Karina
Paula Nelson

László Szabó
Paul Widmark

Jean-Pierre Léaud
Donald Siegel

Marianne Faithfull
Marianne Faithfull

Yves Afonso
David Goodis
Claude Bakka
Man with Marianne Faithfull (uncredited)
Daniel Bart
Policeman (uncredited)
Jean-Pierre Biesse
Richard Nixon (uncredited)

Jean-Claude Bouillon
Inspector Aldrich (uncredited)
Fernand Coquet
Bill Poster (uncredited)

Marc Dudicourt
Barman (uncredited)

Rémo Forlani
Workman in Bar (uncredited)
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