Quai des Orfèvres

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Quai des Orfèvres
Directed by	Henri-Georges Clouzot
Written by	Henri-Georges Clouzot
Starring	Suzy Delair Bernard Blier
Distributed by	Coronis (France) Vog Film Company (USA)
Release date(s)	1947
Running time	106 min.
Country	France
Language	French
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Quai des Orfèvres is a 1947 film directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot. It starred Suzy Delair, Bernard Blier, Louis Jouvet and Simone Renant.

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Jenny Lamour (Delair) wants to succeed in the theatre. Her husband and manager is Maurice Martineau (Blier), a nice but jealous man. When he finds out that Jenny was making eyes at Brignon, an old business man, in order to further her career, he loses his temper and threatens Brignon with death. Despite this, Jenny goes to an anonymous rendezvous at Brignon's apartment, who is murdered the same evening. The criminal investigations are led by Inspector Antoine (Jouvet).

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Henri-Georges Clouzot
L'assassin habite au 21 (1942) • Le Corbeau (1943) • Quai des orfèvres (1947) • Manon (1948) • Miquette et sa mère (1949) • Retour à la vie (1949) • Wages of Fear (1952) • Les Diaboliques (1954) • Le Mystère Picasso (1956) • Les Espions (1957) • La Vérité (1960) • Grands chefs d'orchestre (1966) • La Prisonnière (1968)