May 06, 1959
86 min
Full-HD

Witness in the City (1959)

Industrialist Pierre Verdier kills his mistress Jeanne Ancelin by throwing her off a train. Her husband, Ancelin, decides to take revenge on his wife's murderer, who has been acquitted by justice.

Category

Crime Thriller

Country

France Italy

Companies

Franco London Films Paris Union Films Société Nouvelle des Établissements Gaumont (SNEG) Tempo Film

Lino Ventura

Ancelin

Jacques Berthier

Pierre Verdier

Daniel Ceccaldi

Italian taxi customer

Robert Dalban

Raymond, taxi driver

Micheline Luccioni

Germaine, radio taxi

Franco Fabrizi

Lambert, night radio taxi

Janine Darcey

Owner of the hotel

Jacques Monod

Verdier's lawyer

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