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Quay of the Goldsmiths (Quai des Orfèvres)


Director: Henri-Georges Clouzot

Genre: Drama

Year: 1947

Running time: 106 minutes

Territory: UK and Ireland

Studio: StudioCanal

Cast: Louis Jouvet, Simone Renant, Bernard Blier

Set within the vibrant dance halls and crime corridors of 1940s Paris, Quai des Orfèvres follows ambitious performer Jenny Lamour (Suzy Delair), her covetous husband Maurice Martineau (Bernard Blier), and their devoted confidante Dora Monier (Simone Renant) as they attempt to cover one another’s tracks when a sexually orgreish high-society acquaintance is murdered. Enter Inspector Antoine (Louis Jouvet), whose seasoned instincts lead him down a circuitous path in this classic whodunit murder mystery.




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