Judex (1963)
- Starring:
- Channing Pollock, Francine Bergé, (more)
- Director(s):
- Georges Franju
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The characters and plot convolutions of the classic silent French serial Judex are thrust into a 1960s framework in this Georges Franju concoction. Channing Pollock plays a mysterious masked avenger who kidnaps evil-banker Michel Vitold, then sets about to turn the banker's friends and loved ones against him. At first appearing to be as wicked as his captive, Pollock is actually motivated by familial love: his father had been driven to suicide by Vitold. Pollock is successful in destroying his enemy, adding spice to the program by wedding Vitold's daughter Edith Scob. In keeping with the spirit of the original serial, Pollock pops in and out of the plotline decked out in impenetrable disguises. As with his earlier horror film Eyes without a Face (1960), director Franju invests his two-dimensional material in Judex with three-dimensional characters. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Channing Pollock - Judex, alias Vallières
- Edith Scob - Jacqueline
- Jacques Jouanneau - Cocantin
- Sylva Koscina - Daisy
- Jean Degrave - The Notary
- Philippe Mareuil - Amaury de la Rochefontaine
- René Génin - Pierre Kerjean
- Francine Bergé - Diana Monti, alias Marie Verdier
- Michel Vitold - Favraux
- Théo Sarapo - Morales
- Luigi Cortese - Pierrot
- Roger Fradet - Leon
- Ketty France - Jeanne-Marie Bontemps
- Director(s):
- Georges Franju
- Writer(s):
- Jacques Champreux, Francis Lacassin, Arthur Bernede
- Producer(s):
- Robert de Nesle
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