The Seventh Juror

The Seventh Juror (1962)

18/04/1962
Thriller, Crime, Drama
1h 45m

She was the victim...and he was...

Overview

In a moment of madness a middle-aged, married and respectable pharmacist kills a young woman who is sun-bathing by a lake. Unable to take in what he has done, he flees from the scene of the crime and behaves as if nothing has happened. Eventually her boyfriend is charged with the crime and, in a strange twist of fate, the killer finds himself serving on the jury.

  • Georges LautnerDirector
  • Jacques RobertWriter
  • Original Title

    Le Septième Juré

  • Status

    Released

  • Original Language

    French

Keywords

  • based on novel or book
  • judge
  • witness
  • jury
  • film noir
  • judgment
  • legal drama

Top Billed Cast

Bernard Blier

Bernard Blier

Grégoire Duval, pharmacist

Maurice Biraud

Maurice Biraud

Doctor Hess, veterinarian

Francis Blanche

Francis Blanche

Attorney General

Danièle Delorme

Danièle Delorme

Geneviève Duval, Grégoire's wife

Jacques Riberolles

Jacques Riberolles

Sylvain Sautral, photographer and accused

Yves Barsacq

Yves Barsacq

Maître Adreux, defense lawyer

Henri Crémieux

Henri Crémieux

Medical examiner

Robert Dalban

Robert Dalban

Garampon, fisherman on his boat

Anne Doat

Anne Doat

Alice Moreux, Sylvain's mistress

Madeleine Geoffroy

Mrs. Sevestrain, witness at the hearing

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