The Judge and the Assassin 1976

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History Crime Drama

France, 1893. Joseph Bouvier attempts to shoot his love who refused to marry him and to commit suicide. Upon release from the filthy asylum where he was placed, with bullets still remaining in his head, he wanders the country roads and rapes and murders many teenagers over years. The judge Rousseau captures him, but to serve his ambition seeks to avoid that Bouvier is simply declared insane.

Release Date 1976-03-10
Runtime 2h 8m
Directors Bertrand Tavernier, Pierre-William Glenn
Producers Ralph Baum, Raymond Danon
Writers Bertrand Tavernier, Jean Aurenche, Pierre Bost