Quai des Orfèvres (1947)
- Directed by
- Henri-Georges Clouzot
- Genre
- drama film, crime film
- Country
- France
- Runtime
- 1h 47m
- Rated
- TP
- Rating
- 7.5 of 10 from 198 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A singer named Jenny Lamour and her husband become suspects in a murder case. A police inspector investigates the crime and the secrets of everyone involved.
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What happens
Quai des Orfèvres (French: [ke dez‿ɔʁfɛvʁ]; "Goldsmiths' Quay"; also known as Jenny Lamour) is a 1947 French police procedural drama film based on the book Légitime défense by Stanislas-Andre Steeman. Directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot the film stars Suzy Delair as Jenny Lamour, Bernard Blier as Maurice Martineau, Louis Jouvet as Inspector Antoine and Simone Renant as Dora. The film's title refers to the Paris headquarters of the police criminal investigation division, the Judicial Police headquarters, located at 36 quai des Orfèvres and the setting for much of the latter half of the film. The film was Clouzot's third directorial effort, and the first after the controversy of Le corbeau. Without having the novel on hand, Clouzot and Jean Ferry based the film on memory and deviated significantly from the original story. The film was released in France and was popular with both audiences and critics. On the film's re-release in the United States in 2002, it continued to receive praise from critics as one of the director's best films. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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