Summary
Identite Judiciare stars Raymond Souplex as wily French police inspector Basquier. The villain is Berthet (Jean Debucourt), a high-ranking government official. Basquier suspects that Berthet is a vicious murderer, but is unable to prove anything thanks to bureaucratic interference.
Good for
- Friends night
- Drop-in friendly
- Thought-provoking
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 65GoodWatch 60
IMDb6.5
Running time
1 h 30 min
Shorter than most crime movies, −16 min on the typical 106
typical 10690Half of all crime movies run 95–120 min.
Reach
Streams in 109 countries
+99Released
1951
April 18, 1951
75 years ago
Genre
CrimeLanguage
French
Original language
Made in
- France
Rated
No age rating yet.
What's in it
- ViolenceMild
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesStrong
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchDrop-in FriendlyThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 27 more45 people
- Raymond SouplexLe commissaire Basquier
- Jean DebucourtMaître Berthet, avocat
- Robert BerriL'inspecteur Paulan
- Marthe MercadierRose Muchet, une prostituée
- NCNicole CézanneDenise Prévost, la jeune fugueuse
- Danielle GodetMadeleine, la secrétaire du commissaire Basquier
- Dora DollDora Bourbon, une victime du sadique
- Renaud MaryMaurice Petrosino, un suspect
- EMEliane MonceauMme de Sannois, une toxicomane
- LBLuc BarneyL'inspecteur Mauduit
- Colette RégisMadame Prévost (uncredited)
Odette BarenceyLa concierge chargée des fouilles corporelles
André CarnègeLe directeur de la Police Judiciaire
René-Jean ChauffardBinet, le chimiste de la Police Judiciaire
Camille GuériniLe commissaire Husson - de la Mondaine
Raoul MarcoLe docteur Martin, le médecin légiste
Max RévolGégène, le vieux voyou écroué
Georges SellierMonsieur Prévost
Charles Vissières'Grand-père', l'expert graphologue- RBRobert BalpoLe cafetier (uncredited)
- JBJean Brunel(uncredited)
Louis BugetteL'inspecteur qui se fait engueuler par le patron (uncredited)
Gérard Buhr(uncredited)
Jean-François CalvéLe secrétaire de Maître Berthet (uncredited)
Directing · 1
- Hervé Bromberger Director
Writing · 1
- Jacques Rémy Screenplay
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