Paris Vice Squad

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. Thus, the good inspector plays a waiting game a la Columbo, hoping for that one fatal slip on the part of the killer. Certain portions of Identite Judiciare proved a bit too intense for American audiences, and were accordingly snipped by the censors.

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Genre:

Crime

Duration:

90 minutes

Year:

1951

Director:

Hervé Bromberger

Cast:

Le commissaire Basquier

Maître Berthet, avocat

L'inspecteur Paulan

Rose Muchet, une prostituée

Denise Prévost, la jeune fugueuse

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