Law Breakers

May 7, 1971

1h 47m

★ 5.5

Overview

A judge investigating police corruption finds that the deeper he digs, the more roadblocks he finds.

Genres

Crime

Drama

Production Companies

Les Productions Belles Rives

Compagnie Franco Coloniale Cinématographique

West Film

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Cast

Investigating Judge Bernard Level

Jacques Brel

Danièle Lebegue

Catherine Rouvel

Laura

Paola Pitagora

Graziani

Charles Denner

Rabut

François Cadet

Saugeat

Roland Lesaffre

Geneviève Saugeat

Françoise Giret

François

Didier Haudepin

Moulard

Harry-Max

Guardian

Pierre Maguelon

President

Alain Nobis

Commissioner Lagache

Jean-Roger Caussimon

Following a robbery in a circus, a young mobster, Jean, is arrested by Inspector Borelli. The thug denies involvement. To compel him to sign a full confession, Inspector Muller encourages the suspect to get married for - he says - to move the jury. This being done, he lets Jean believe that he can spend a moment alone with his wife; but then, Inspector Borelli blackmails him: "If you sign your confession, you can spend a moment with her." After being beaten, Jean signs a confession. It is then that a new blackmail intervenes: "the name of the accomplice?", asks the inspector. But the thug refuses to denounce the latter and ends up refusing the bargain dupes. While the guards drive him back to prison, his wife cuts his veins, breaking the career of the bad policeman.

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