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Quai des Orfèvres
FRANCE · 1947

Quai des Orfèvres

Henri-Georges Clouzot
murder investigation jealousy ambition police procedural marital conflict
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Synopsis

Paris, France, December 1946. Jenny Lamour, an ambitious cabaret singer, and Maurice, her extremely jealous pianist husband, become involved in the thorough investigation of the murder of a shady businessman, led by Antoine, a peculiar and methodical police inspector.

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