Judex
Dec 04 1963
•2h 44m
•Crime, Thriller, Mystery
Georges Franju's Judex is an arch, playful tribute to the serials of the influential silent filmmaker Louis Feuillade. Franju shuffles through the plot of Feuillade's lengthy serial of the same name, about an adventurer named Judex whose revenge against the corrupt banker Favraux unleashes a complicated series of schemes.
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Channing Pollock
Judex / Vallieres
Francine Bergé
Diana Monti / Marie Verdier
Édith Scob
Jacqueline Favraux
Théo Sarapo
Morales
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