The Judge and the Assassin

Mar 10, 1976

2h 8m

★ 6.8

Overview

France, 1893. Joseph Bouvier attempts to shoot his love who refused to marry him and to commit suicide. Upon release from the filthy asylum where he was placed, with bullets still remaining in his head, he wanders the country roads and rapes and murders many teenagers over years. The judge Rousseau captures him, but to serve his ambition seeks to avoid that Bouvier is simply declared insane.

Genres

History

Crime

Drama

Production Companies

Lira Films

FR3

SFP

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Cast

Juge Rousseau

Philippe Noiret

Joseph Bouvier

Michel Galabru

Rose

Isabelle Huppert

Avocat Villedieu

Jean-Claude Brialy

Mme Rousseau

Renée Faure

Louise Leseuer

Cécile Vassort

Chanteur de rue

Jean-Roger Caussimon

Le député

Jean Bretonnière

Le cheminot libéré

François Dyrek

La mère de Louise

Monique Chaumette

Professeur Degueldre

Yves Robert

Le gardien-chef

Jean Amos

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