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L'Ombre chinoise (1969)

L'Ombre chinoise poster
Directed by
René Lucot
Country
France
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A police commissioner investigates a crime in France. The story follows his methodical search for clues and suspects.

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What happens

L'Ombre chinoise est un téléfilm français réalisé par René Lucot pour la série Les Enquêtes du commissaire Maigret, d'après le roman homonyme de Georges Simenon. Il a été adapté par Jacques Rémy et Claude Barma. La première diffusion date du 24 mai 1969 ; l'épisode, d'une durée de 80 minutes, est en noir et blanc. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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