Le Glaive et la Balance (1963)
The scene is the French Riviera. Based on eyewitness testimony, three identically dressed men are accused of kidnapping and murdering a child, but two of them can possibly be guilty. Is the innocent party Anthony Perkins, an American who has fled to France in the wake of a sex scandal? Is it Italian Renato Salvatori, whose bad reputation with women has preceded him? Or is it Jean-Claude Brialy, a French businessman whose sister uses her sexual wiles to clinch her brother's big business deals? We'll never know...because Two Are Guilty director Andre Cayatte, a longtime critic of the French justice system, contrives to have all three suspects killed by an out-of-control mob. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Anthony Perkins, Jean-Claude Brialy, (more)
- Director(s):
- André Cayatte
Synopsis of Le Glaive et la Balance
The scene is the French Riviera. Based on eyewitness testimony, three identically dressed men are accused of kidnapping and murdering a child, but two of them can possibly be guilty. Is the innocent party Anthony Perkins, an American who has fled to France in the wake of a sex scandal? Is it Italian Renato Salvatori, whose bad reputation with women has preceded him? Or is it Jean-Claude Brialy, a French businessman whose sister uses her sexual wiles to clinch her brother's big business deals? We'll never know...because Two Are Guilty director Andre Cayatte, a longtime critic of the French justice system, contrives to have all three suspects killed by an out-of-control mob. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Le Glaive et la Balance
- Anthony Perkins - Johnny
- Renato Salvatori - Francois
- Marie Déa - Mlle. Winter
- Claude Cerval - Plouzenec
- Henri Cremieux - President des Assies
- Janine Darcey - Chantal
- Elina Labourdette - Mlle. Darbon
- Fernand Ledoux - Prosecutor
- Mae Mercer - Musical Group
- Folco Jacques Monod - Pranzani
- Jean Ozenne - Bernardi
- Henri Vilbert
- Camille Guerini - Judge
- Jean Marchat
- Jean-Claude Brialy - Jean-Philippe
- Pascale Audret - Agnes
- Marcel Pérès
- Maurice Chevit
- Sonny Criss
- Gilbert Gil - Inspector Portal
- Robert Le Beal
- Helena Manson
- Michele Mercier - Brigitte
- Maurice Nasil
- Anne Tonietti - Christine
- Pierre Mirat
- Diana Lepvrier
- Robert Rollis
- Director(s):
- André Cayatte
- Writer(s):
- Henri Jeanson, André Cayatte, Charles Spaak
- Producer(s):
- Alain Poiré
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