
The Judge and the Assassin (1976)2h08
History · Crime · Drama
Director Bertrand Tavernier (6.3 avg)
Also directed In the Electric Mist, The French Minister, The Princess of Montpensier, and 27 more
France, 1893. Joseph Bouvier attempts to shoot his love who refused to marry him and to commit suicide. Upon release from the filthy asylum where he was placed, with bullets still remaining in his head, he wanders the country roads and rapes and murders many teenagers over years. The judge Rousseau captures him, but to serve his ambition seeks to avoid that Bouvier is simply declared insane.
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Cast
Philippe Noiret
Michel Galabru
Isabelle Huppert
Jean-Claude Brialy
Renée Faure
Cécile Vassort
Jean-Roger Caussimon




































