The Judge and the Assassin
Le Juge et l'Assassin
Release: 1976-03-10
·Runtime: 128m
·★ 6.8
History
Crime
Drama
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.
Production Countries
France
Production Companies
Lira Films
FR3
SFP
Cast
Jean-Pierre Leroux
as Radeuf
Renée Faure
as Mme Rousseau
François Dyrek
as Le cheminot libéré
Monique Chaumette
as La mère de Louise
Jean Amos
as Le gardien-chef
Liza Braconnier
as La religieuse de l'hôpital
Yvon Lec
as Le supérieur mariste
Philippe Noiret
as Juge Rousseau
Isabelle Huppert
as Rose
Jean Bretonnière
as Le député
Jean-Claude de Goros
as Dr. Dufour
René Morard
as Un roulant
Jean-Pierre Sentier
as Un journaliste
Gérard Jugnot
as Le photographe
Jean-Claude Brialy
as Avocat Villedieu
Cécile Vassort
as Louise Leseuer
Jean-Roger Caussimon
as Chanteur de rue
Yves Robert
as Professeur Degueldre
Arlette Bonnard
as La fermière à la soupe
Michel Galabru
as Joseph Bouvier
