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Director:
Writers:
John Wainwright (novel)
Claude Miller (writer) ...
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Release Date:
23 September 1981 (France) more
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Plot:
A police inspector, suspecting an attorney of two child sex murders, has him held for a questioning session that goes on for hours. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
6 wins & 4 nominations more
User Comments:
Excellent performances, weak plot. more (8 total)

Cast

  (Credited cast)
Lino Ventura ... Inspector Antoine Gallien

Michel Serrault ... Jerome, Charles, Emile Martinaud
Romy Schneider ... Chantal Martinaud
Guy Marchand ... Inspector Marcel Belmont
Didier Agostini ... Young policeman
Patrick Depeyrrat ... Policeman
Pierre Maguelon ... Adami
Annie Miller ... La mère de Camille
Serge Malik ... Le mécanicien
Jean-Claude Penchenat ... Divisional Commissioner
Yves Pignot ... Policeman
Mathieu Schiffman ... Le fils Berthier
Michel Such ... Jean-Marie Jabelain
Elsa Lunghini ... Camille
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Mohammed Bekireche ... Arab
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Inquisitor
Under Suspicion
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Runtime:
86 min
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Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 more
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Trivia:
The novel was discovered by Michel Audiard who suggested its adaptation to Ariane Films. In their turn, Dancigers and Mnouchkine offered the direction to Claude Miller. more
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Version of Under Suspicion (2000) more

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Excellent performances, weak plot., 17 March 2004
7/10
Author: gridoon

Though the story is essentially routine, and the "surprise" ending is nothing but a bad joke on the audience, you can see what attracted these good actors to the project - it offers them the kind of roles in which good actors can shine, and shine they do. The film is impeccably made - for its time. It was remade in 2000 as "Under Suspicion" and if you only want to see one version of the story (that's all it deserves, really), I recommend the latter one, with Hopkins' up-to-date direction and the more explicit references to plot points that the original could only hint at. The ending, however, still blows. (**1/2)

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