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Blacklisted for his daring "anti-French" masterpiece Le corbeau, Henri-Georges Clouzot returned to cinema four years later with the 1947 crime-fiction adaptation Quai des Orfèvres. Set within the vibrant dance halls and crime corridors of 1940s Paris, Quai des Orfèvres follows ambitious performer Jenny Lamour (Suzy Delair), her covetous husband Maurice Martineau (Bernard Blier), and their devoted confidante Dora Monier (Simone Renant) as they attempt to cover one another's tracks when a sexually orgreish high-society acquaintance is murdered. Enter Inspector Antoine (Louis Jouvet), whose seasoned instincts lead him down a circuitous path in this classic whodunit murder mystery.
Original Release
10/03/1947
US Release
03/05/1948
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Louis Jouvet | L'inspecteur adjoint Antoine / Inspector Antoine |
Simone Renant | Dora Monnier |
Bernard Blier | Maurice Martineau |
Suzy Delair | Jenny Lamour |
Pierre Larquey | Emile Lafour |
Jeanne Fusier-Gir | Pâquerette |
Claudine Dupuis | Manon |
Charles Dullin | Georges Brignon |
Henri Arius | Léopardi |
Charles Blavette | Le gendarme Poitevin / Gendarme Poitevin |
Directors
Writers
Henri-Georges Clouzot, Stanislas-André Steeman, Jean Ferry
Cast
Name | Character |
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Louis Jouvet | L'inspecteur adjoint Antoine / Inspector Antoine |
Simone Renant | Dora Monnier |
Bernard Blier | Maurice Martineau |
Suzy Delair | Jenny Lamour |
Pierre Larquey | Emile Lafour |
Jeanne Fusier-Gir | Pâquerette |
Claudine Dupuis | Manon |
Charles Dullin | Georges Brignon |
Henri Arius | Léopardi |
Charles Blavette | Le gendarme Poitevin / Gendarme Poitevin |
René Blancard | Le commissaire principal de la P.J. / Police Commissioner |
Robert Dalban | Paulo |
Jean Daurand | L'inspecteur Picard / Inspector Picard |
Jean Dunot | Nitram |
Jacques Grétillat | Auguste |
Gilberte Géniat | Mme Beauvoir / Mrs. Beauvoir |
Gabriel Gobin | Le patron du bistrot / Bartender |
François Joux | L' officier de police Fayard / Fayard |
Léo Lapara | L'inspecteur Marchetti / Inspector Marchetti |
Henri Niel | Un inspecteur / Inspector #1 |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Roger De Venloo | Producer |
Louis Wipf | Producer |