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The Seventh Juror (1962)

The Seventh Juror poster
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
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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.

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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)

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