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The Witness is a film of genre Drama directed by Jean-Pierre Mocky released in USA on 10 october 1978 with Alberto Sordi
The Witness (1978)
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Add to a movie listThe Witness (French: Le Témoin, Italian: Il testimone) is a French-Italian crime-thriller film written and directed by Jean-Pierre Mocky and starring Alberto Sordi and Philippe Noiret. It is loosely based on the novel Shadow of a Doubt by Harrison Judd.
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À Reims, un riche provincial, M. Maurisson, homme d'affaires, mène une vie sans histoire. Il invite un jour son vieil ami Antonio, peintre italien, afin de restaurer les tableaux de la cathédrale. M. Maurisson commet un crime effroyable dans cette ville de notables: il étrangle une jeune fille de la chorale avec qui il avait eu une relation pédophile. Celle-ci ayant servi de modèle pour Antonio, les soupçons se portent sur lui. Antonio sera victime d'une erreur judiciaire, ceci malgré l'entêtement de l'inspecteur de police homosexuel qui pense connaître le vrai coupable. M. Maurisson est abattu accidentellement. Dès lors, Antonio ne peut plus prouver son innocence: il sera condamné à mort et exécuté.Actors
Alberto Sordi
(Antonio Berti)
Philippe Noiret
(Robert Maurisson)
Roland Dubillard
(Commissaire Guérin)
Gisèle Préville
(Louise Maurisson)
Paul Crauchet
(Cathy's father)
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