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Quai des Orfèvres (1947) 7.7
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Metascore: 89/100
Reviews: 23 user | 32 critic | 10 from Metacritic.com Jenny Lamour wants to succeed in music hall. Her husband and accompanist is Maurice Martineau, a nice but jealous guy. When he knew Jenny is making eyes at Brignon, an old businessman, in ... See full summary » Director:Henri-Georges Clouzot |
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Cast
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Louis Jouvet | ... | |
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Simone Renant | ... | |
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Bernard Blier | ... | |
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Suzy Delair | ... | |
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Pierre Larquey | ... |
Emile Lafour, un chauffeur de taxi
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Jeanne Fusier-Gir | ... |
Pâquerette, la dame du vestiaire
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Claudine Dupuis | ... |
Manon
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Charles Dullin | ... |
Georges Brignon
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Henri Arius | ... |
Léopardi, l' éditeur de musique
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Charles Blavette | ... |
Le gendarme Poitevin
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René Blancard | ... |
Le commissaire principal de la P.J.
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Robert Dalban | ... |
Paulo, un truand
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Jean Daurand | ... |
L'inspecteur Picard
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Jean Dunot | ... |
Nitram - un chanteur comique
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Jacques Grétillat | ... |
Auguste
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Jenny Lamour wants to succeed in music hall. Her husband and accompanist is Maurice Martineau, a nice but jealous guy. When he knew Jenny is making eyes at Brignon, an old businessman, in order to get some engagements, he looses his temper and threatens Brignon with death. But Jenny went anyway to a rendez-vous at the old man's, who is murdered the same evening. The criminal investigations are lead by Inspector Antoine... Written by Yepok
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Country:
FranceLanguage:
FrenchRelease Date:
5 March 1948 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Quay of the Goldsmiths See more »Box Office
Opening Weekend:
$13,139 (USA) (1 November 2002)Gross:
$152,961 (USA) (1 August 2003)Company Credits
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Runtime:
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Mono (Western Electric Variable Density)Color:
Black and WhiteAspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1
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Music by Francis Lopez
Lyrics by André Hornez
Sung by Jenny Lamour (Suzy Delair)
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Clouzot wrote almost two-thirds of the film only having read the novel years before, recalling it from memory, since it was out of print by the time he started the screenplay. When Stanislas-André Steeman saw the film, he was furious about the differences between the novel and the film. See more »Goofs
When Antoine is repeating Maurice's deposition to the typist, he says that the confrontation between Maurice and Brignon at the restaurant took place on Wednesday, December 2, 1946. In 1946, December 2 fell on a Monday. See more »Soundtracks
"Avec son tralala, son petit tralala, elle faisait tourner toutes les têtes"Music by Francis Lopez
Lyrics by André Hornez
Sung by Jenny Lamour (Suzy Delair)
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Henri-Georges Clouzot's "Quai des Orfevres" (1947) stars Suzy Delair, Bernard Blier, Louis Jouvet, and Charles Dullin. The story takes place in post-war Paris, where an accompanist, Maurice Martineau (Blier) lives with his singer wife, Marguerite, better known as Jenny Lamour (Suzy Delair). An important man, Georges Brignon (Dullin) promises Jenny work, and because she's ambitious, she flirts with him. Maurice is an extremely jealous man, so he finds Brignon in a restaurant and threatens him.
Later on, Jenny tells Maurice she is visiting her grandmother, who lives in another town. This gives Maurice a good opportunity to bump off Brignon, especially when he finds the man's address on a piece of paper in the kitchen and realizes Jenny was lying. But when he gets to Brignon's house, Brignon is already dead.
Inspector Antoine (Juvet) is assigned to the case, and it doesn't take him long to realize that some alibis aren't very secure.
Wonderful film, with the excellent Juvet outstanding as Inspector Antoine, and an excellent performance by Simone Renant as a lesbian photographer, Dora, in love with Jenny. Delair, who was involved with Clouzot, is good as a lower-class woman who loves her husband but wants to get ahead in show business as well.
This is Clouzot at his best, with a witty script with some plot twists and a true Parisian atmosphere.