90 minutes
4/18/1951
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.
Raymond Souplex
as Le commissaire Basquier
Jean Debucourt
as Maître Berthet, avocat
Robert Berri
as L'inspecteur Paulan
Marthe Mercadier
as Rose Muchet, une prostituée
Nicole Cézanne
as Denise Prévost, la jeune fugueuse
Danielle Godet
as Madeleine, la secrétaire du commissaire Basquier
Dora Doll
as Dora Bourbon, une victime du sadique
Renaud Mary
as Maurice Petrosino, un suspect
Eliane Monceau
as Mme de Sannois, une toxicomane
Luc Barney
as L'inspecteur Mauduit
Colette Régis
as Mme Prévost, la mère de la jeune disparue
Odette Barencey
as La concierge chargée des fouilles corporelles
André Carnège
as Le directeur de la Police Judiciaire
René-Jean Chauffard
as Binet, le chimiste de la Police Judiciaire
Camille Guérini
as Le commissaire Husson - de la Mondaine
Raoul Marco
as Le docteur Martin, le médecin légiste
Max Révol
as Gégène, le vieux voyou écroué
Georges Sellier
as Monsieur Prévost
Charles Vissières
as 'Grand-père', l'expert graphologue
Robert Balpo
as Le cafetier (uncredited)
Jean Brunel
as (uncredited)
Louis Bugette
as L'inspecteur qui se fait engueuler par le patron (uncredited)
Gérard Buhr
as (uncredited)
Jean-François Calvé
as Le secrétaire de Maître Berthet (uncredited)
Célia Cortez
as (uncredited)
Jacques Courtin
as Un inspecteur (uncredited)
André Darnay
as Le juge d'instruction (uncredited)
Dominique Davray
as Un prostituée (uncredited)
Joé Davray
as Un interne (uncredited)
Pierre Ferval
as Le serveur de l'auberge (uncredited)
Richard Flagey
as (uncredited)
Géo Forster
as Jean, l'employé du salon de coiffure (uncredited)
Gabriel Gobin
as Un ouvrier (uncredited)
Jacques Harden
as Un employé de l'identité judiciaire (uncredited)
Louis Lalanne
as (uncredited)
Léon Larive
as Un client (uncredited)
René Lebrun
as (uncredited)
Georges Montant
as (uncredited)
Jean-Paul Moulinot
as Un inspecteur (uncredited)
Evelyn Nattier
as (uncredited)
Micheline Rolla
as (uncredited)
Pierre Réal
as (uncredited)
Colette Régis
as Madame Prévost (uncredited)
Michel Salina
as Un interne (uncredited)
Max Tréjean
as (uncredited)
André Wasley
as (uncredited)