Overview
Identite Judiciare stars Raymond Souplex as wily French police inspector Basquier. The villain is Berthet (Jean Debucourt), a high-ranking government official. Basquier suspects that Berthet is a vicious murderer, but is unable to prove anything thanks to bureaucratic interference. Thus, the good inspector plays a waiting game a la Columbo, hoping for that one fatal slip on the part of the killer. Certain portions of Identite Judiciare proved a bit too intense for American audiences, and were accordingly snipped by the censors.
Cast
- Raymond Souplex as Le commissaire Basquier
- Jean Debucourt as Maître Berthet, avocat
- Robert Berri as L'inspecteur Paulan
- Marthe Mercadier as Rose Muchet, une prostituée
- Nicole Cézanne as Denise Prévost, la jeune fugueuse
- Danielle Godet as Madeleine, la secrétaire du commissaire Basquier
- Dora Doll as Dora Bourbon, une victime du sadique
- Renaud Mary as Maurice Petrosino, un suspect
- Eliane Monceau as Mme de Sannois, une toxicomane
- Luc Barney as L'inspecteur Mauduit