The Seventh Juror (1962)

Original title

Le Septième Juré

Directed by

Georges Lautner

Genre

drama film, crime film

Country

France

Runtime

1h 35m

Rated

TP

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 69 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man kills a woman and then finds himself on the jury for the trial of her boyfriend, who is wrongly accused. The killer must decide whether to let an innocent person be convicted or to confess his crime.

tensesuspensefulmorally complexclaustrophobicuneasypsychologicaldilemma-drivenslow-burn

What happens

The Seventh Juror (French: Le septième juré) is a 1962 French crime drama directed by Georges Lautner, starring Bernard Blier, Maurice Biraud, Francis Blanche and Danièle Delorme. It tells the story of a man who murders a young woman; when the woman's boyfriend is wrongly accused of the murder, the actual killer is chosen to serve in the jury, but does not want an innocent man to be convicted. The film is based on the novel The Seventh Juror by Francis Didelot. Principal photography took place from 14 November to 23 December 1961. The film had 1,171,911 admissions in France. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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