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Quai des Orfèvres

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France · 1947
1h 50m
Director Henri-Georges Clouzot
Starring Louis Jouvet, Simone Renant, Bernard Blier, Suzy Delair
Genre Crime, Drama

In a musical hall in postwar Paris, Maurice plays piano while his wife, Jenny, sings. Maurice notices Jenny flirting with Georges, an older businessman, and follows her to his house with the intent to kill. But when he arrives, Georges is already dead. The ensuing investigation implicates Maurice, whose alibi falls apart…

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60

TV Guide Magazine by

While the story is thin, Clouzot uses his immense skills to raise the picture above the standard for the genre.

75

Christian Science Monitor by David Sterritt

This pungently filmed 1947 melodrama doesn't rank with Clouzot classics like "Diabolique" and "The Wages of Fear," but it's full of hard-boiled charm and has a musical score that adds extra dimensions to its impact.

90

Los Angeles Times by Kenneth Turan

Brooding, beautifully made and almost impossible for Americans to see -- Quai des Orfèvres, makes a triumphant reappearance on theatrical screens after an absence of about 50 years.

90

Washington Post by Stephen Hunter

It is in fact a traditional mystery more reminiscent of Agatha Christie than the reigning film noir aesthetic of 1947. But it's fabulously entertaining.

100

Boston Globe by Ty Burr

A film noir? A backstage musical? A whodunit? A comedy? In truth, it's all of the above -- plus a kinky love story, an absorbing melodrama, and a mordantly jaded snapshot of postwar Paris -- and all of them are wonderful.

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