The Judge and the Assassin
Released: March 10, 1976Runtime: 128 minLanguage: FR
France, 1893. Joseph Bouvier attempts to shoot his love who refused to marry him and to commit suicide. Upon release from the filthy asylum where he was placed, with bullets still remaining in his head, he wanders the country roads and rapes and murders many teenagers over years. The judge Rousseau captures him, but to serve his ambition seeks to avoid that Bouvier is simply declared insane.
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Philippe Noiret
as Le juge Emile Rousseau
Michel Galabru
as Joseph Bouvier
Isabelle Huppert
as Rose
Jean Claude Brialy
as Le procureur De Villedieu
Renee Faure
as Mme Rousseau
Cecile Vassort
as Louise Lesueur
Jean Roger Caussimon
as Le chanteur des rues
Jean Bretonniere
as Le député
Francois Dyrek
as Le cheminot libéré
Monique Chaumette
as La mère de Louise
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