Quai des Orfevres

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Quai des Orfevres

1948,

1h 50m,

Crime/

Drama/

Mystery & Thriller

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100%

32 Reviews

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89%

1,000+ Ratings

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89%

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1,000+ Ratings

Jenny Lamour (Suzy Delair) sings in a music hall in postwar Paris, accompanied by her husband, Maurice Martineau (Bernard Blier), on piano. When Martineau notices his wife flirting with an older businessman named Georges Brignon, he follows her to Brignon's house with the intent to kill him. At the house, Brignon is found murdered -- but by someone else. Inspector Antoine (Louis Jouvet) conducts an investigation that implicates Martineau, whose planned alibi comes loose.

Critics Consensus

Henri-Georges Clouzot's engrossing noir explores the troubles of post-war France and the line dividing social struggle and criminality.

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Jonathan Rosenbaum

Chicago Reader

Apr 20, 2009

Clouzot is able to reveal a complex and interactive working-class world in which cops and criminals are sometimes difficult to tell apart.

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Variety Staff

Variety

Mar 26, 2009

Direction by Henri-Georges Clouzot takes full advantage of every possible opportunity to bring out character and manages to keep the tempo at a fast clip all the time.

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Ty Burr

Boston Globe

Apr 18, 2003

4/4

Terrifically entertaining.

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Sean Axmaker

Stream on Demand

Nov 18, 2023

[Henri-Georges] Clouzot’s mercenary world of lies, greed, jealousy, and corruption offers a bleak portrait of postwar France.

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Yasser Medina

Cinefilia

Apr 22, 2021

7/10

An intriguing film about jealousy, suspicion and police traps. I expected no less from Clouzot. [Full review in Spanish]

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Ray Pride

Newcity

Jun 28, 2018

10/10

The exquisite noir lighting and location work suggest a kind of realism, which Clouzot constantly subverts with near-deranged expressionist elements. To watch Blier staggering down an alley in this film is to recognize the limits of color film.

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Hagrid S

Apr 30, 2018

Louis Jouvet plays one of his most interesting and touching character, in this brillant thriller, once again so well-written and acted. The black & white is beautiful.

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Henri-Georges Clouzot

Director

Louis Jouvet

L'inspecteur adjoint Antoine

Bernard Blier

Maurice Martineau

Suzy Delair

Marguerite Chauffournier Martineau, aka Jenny Lamour

Pierre Larquey

Emile Lafour

Simone Renant

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Synopsis

Jenny Lamour (Suzy Delair) sings in a music hall in postwar Paris, accompanied by her husband, Maurice Martineau (Bernard Blier), on piano. When Martineau notices his wife flirting with an older businessman named Georges Brignon, he follows her to Brignon's house with the intent to kill him. At the house, Brignon is found murdered -- but by someone else. Inspector Antoine (Louis Jouvet) conducts an investigation that implicates Martineau, whose planned alibi comes loose.

Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot
Producer: Roger De Venloo, Louis Wipf
Screenwriter: Henri-Georges Clouzot, Jean Ferry
Distributor: Rialto Pictures
Production Co: Majestic Film
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: French (France)
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 5, 1948, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 11, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $25.6K
Runtime: 1h 50m

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