Directed by:
Claude MillerCinematography:
Bruno NuyttenComposer:
Georges DelerueCast:
Lino Ventura, Michel Serrault, Romy Schneider, Guy Marchand, Elsa Lunghini, Pierre Maguelon, Yves Pignot, Jean-Claude Penchenat, Michel Such (more)Plots(1)
Jerome Martinaud, a wealthy, influential attorney in a small French town who falls under suspicion for the rape and murder of two little girls. He is the only suspect, but the evidence against him is circumstantial. As the city celebrates New Year's Eve, the police led by Inspector Antoine Gallien brings the lawyer in for questioning; at first politely, and then less so. The detectives interrogate him for hour after hour while Martinaud continues to maintain his innocence. We learn all about the evidence; we meet Martinaud's wife and learn all about the rift between the two; but will we, and Gallien, finally learn whether Martinaud is guilty? (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Lino Ventura
Italy
Best movies:
Marie-October (1959)
Witness in the City (1959)
Les Misérables (1982)
Michel Serrault
France
Best movies:
Order of the Daisy (1967)
The Big Store (1973)
The Inquisitor (1981)
Romy Schneider
German Empire
Best movies:
La Belle et l'empereur (1959)
The Old Gun (1975)
Un amour de pluie (1974)
Guy Marchand
France
Best movies:
Hold-Up (1985)
La Voie Jackson (1981) (TV movie)
The Inquisitor (1981)
Elsa Lunghini
France
Best movies:
The Inquisitor (1981)
Train d'enfer (1985)
Murder in Saint Omer (2019) (TV movie)
Pierre Maguelon
France
Best movies:
My Mother's Castle (1990)
Cyrano de Bergerac (1990)
My Father's Glory (1990)
Yves Pignot
Best movies:
The Professional (1981)
The Inquisitor (1981)
The Flower of Evil (2003)
Jean-Claude Penchenat
Best movies:
Le Bal (1983)
The Inquisitor (1981)
Michel Such
France
Best movies:
The Inquisitor (1981)
Les Risques du métier (1967)
The Best Way to Walk (1976)
Mathieu Schiffman
Best movies:
The Wild Child (1970)
The Inquisitor (1981)
Une robe noire pour un tueur (1981)
Patrick Depeyrrat
Best movies:
The Inquisitor (1981)
Long Live Life (1984)
Série noire (1984) (series)
Didier Agostini
Best movies:
The Inquisitor (1981)
L'Affaire Salengro (2009) (TV movie)
Marche à l'ombre (1984)
Annie Miller
Best movies:
The Wild Child (1970)
The Inquisitor (1981)
Two English Girls (1971)