Identité judiciaire 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.

Cast:

Raymond Souplex
Le commissaire Basquier 

Jean Debucourt
Maître Berthet, avocat 

Robert Berri
L'inspecteur Paulan 

Marthe Mercadier
Rose Muchet, une prostituée 

Nicole Cézanne
Denise Prévost, la jeune fugueuse 

Danielle Godet
Madeleine, la secrétaire du commissaire Basquier