Synopsis
In a moment of madness a middle-aged, married and respectable pharmacist kills a young woman who is sun-bathing by a lake. Unable to take in what he has done, he flees from the scene of the crime and behaves as if nothing has happened. Eventually her boyfriend is charged with the crime and, in a strange twist of fate, the killer finds himself serving on the jury.
Ratings
IMDb7.5/10
71 audience votes
Key crew
- Jacques RobertWriter
- Georges LautnerDirector
- Jean YatoveOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Bernard BlierGrégoire Duval pharmacien
- Maurice BiraudLe docteur Hess - le vétérinaire
- Francis BlancheLe procureur général
- Danièle DelormeGeneviève Duval
- Jacques RiberollesSylvain Sautral, photographe et accusé
- Yves BarsacqMaître Adreux - l'avocat de la défense
- Henri CrémieuxLe médecin légiste
- Robert DalbanGarampon -le pêcheur sur sa barque
- Anne DoatAlice Moreux
- Madeleine GeoffroyMme Sevestrain
- Françoise GiretCatherine Nortier - la victime
- Camille GuériniPrésident du tribunal
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Themes
based on novel or bookjudgewitnessjuryfilm noirjudgmentlegal drama