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The Judge and the Assassin

69% | Mar 10, 1976 | History, Crime, Drama

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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Bertrand Tavernier
Director
Bertrand Tavernier
Writer

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Philippe Noiret
Juge Rousseau
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Michel Galabru
Joseph Bouvier
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Jean-Claude Brialy
Avocat Villedieu
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Renée Faure
Mme Rousseau

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