The Red Sweater
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A film version of author Gilles Perrault's best-selling book about the 1976 trial and execution of Christian Ranucci, the youth who was convicted with extremely inconclusive evidence of murdering an eight-year-old girl in Southern France. The publicity the book and film helped abolish capital punishment in France in 1981.
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Principal cast & crew: 18
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Edited by Andre GaultierShot by Jean BoffetyScored by Jean Louis D OnorioDesigned by Jean Pierre Bazerolle
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18 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Pierre Agil
as Un gardien des Baumettes
Paul Anrieu
as Le chef de la police
Serge Avedikian
as Christian Ranucci
Gil Baladou
as Carlini
Christian Baltauss
as L'avocat des Garcia
Jean Barney
as Me Paolini
Reine Barteve
as Mme Andrieux, la femme qui a vu l'homme au pull-over rouge
Georges Beller
as Gilles Chard, journaliste
Laurent Benoit
as L'adjudant-chef de la gendarmerie
Jean Benguigui
as Charlie, journaliste
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