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An inspector is having a secret relationship with a woman. When she is murdered by his boss, all proof is against him.An inspector is having a secret relationship with a woman. When she is murdered by his boss, all proof is against him.An inspector is having a secret relationship with a woman. When she is murdered by his boss, all proof is against him.
- Awards
- 2 wins & 3 nominations
Georges-Fréderic Dehlen
- Le contrôleur de la S.N.C.F
- (as Georges F. Dehlen)
Daniel Breton
- Un voleur dans l'église
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaFinal film of Gabrielle Doulcet.
- Quotes
L'inspecteur Ménard: I fell in love with a woman with no dowry. The opposite of Madame Ganay.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Mémoires pour Simone (1986)
- SoundtracksPolice Python 357 (Générique)
Written and Performed by Georges Delerue Et Son Orchestre
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The heir of Jean-Pierre Melville? But with a zest of Dirty Harry's influence
At his time, at least, Alain Corneau was guessed to fill the empty place that Jean Pierre Melville left in the French crime films genre. He was promising with this movie, and soon after with SERIE NOIRE and LE CHOIX DES ARMES. But after those, Corneau seemed to have chosen something else than crime movies. He will resume this genre with LE MOME - 1986- and LE COUSIN - 1997. His before last movie LE DEUXIEME SOUFFLE remake - a real assumed tribute to Melville's cinema - will be his best work for me. Back to this one, the plot is however far fom Melville's atmosphere but strong, with a powerful Yves Montand's character. The character study is the most important element of this tremendous French crime movie. But it is strange to call this feature with the name of a weapon, as if it was an action film - which is not, except of course in the last scene, the DIRTY HARRY link - because this is a pure suspense thriller with a very unusual plot. A young woman is killed by a police superintendant - her lover - who leads the investigation, and another lover of hers, also a cop, the second in charge of the investigation, who tries his best to spoil the investigation, without knowing his superintendant is the murderer.... So no one of them knows the other was the second lover of the young victim. That's absolutely unique, great!!! It could be a South Korean crime film, complex but riveting. It's surprising that this movie has not been remade since 1976.
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- Also known as
- Im tödlichen Kreis
- Filming locations
- Triel-sur-Seine, Yvelines, France(Church and street scenes)
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- Runtime2 hours 6 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.66 : 1
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