Paris Vice Squad (1951)

★ 5.4 1h 30m Crime

Identite Judiciare stars Raymond Souplex as wily French police inspector Basquier. The villain is Berthet (Jean Debucourt), a high-ranking government official. Basquier suspects that Berthet is a vicious murderer, but is unable to prove anything thanks to bureaucratic interference. Thus, the good inspector plays a waiting game a la Columbo, hoping for that one fatal slip on the part of the killer. Certain portions of Identite Judiciare proved a bit too intense for American audiences, and were accordingly snipped by the censors.

Director

Hervé Bromberger

Cast

Raymond Souplex, Jean Debucourt, Robert Berri, Marthe Mercadier, Nicole Cézanne, Danielle Godet, Dora Doll, Renaud Mary

Country

France

Released

April 18, 1951