''The Suspects'' (French: ''Les suspects'') is a 1974 French-Italian
crime
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drama film
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directed by
Michel Wyn and starring
Mimsy Farmer
Merle "Mimsy" Farmer (born February 28, 1945) is an American actress, artist and sculptor. She began her career appearing in several Hollywood studio films, such as ''Spencer's Mountain'' (1963) and ''Bus Riley's Back in Town'' (1965), followed b ...
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Paul Meurisse
Paul Meurisse (; 21 December 1912 – 19 January 1979) was a French actor who appeared in over 60 films and many stage productions. Meurisse was noted for the elegance of his acting style, and for his versatility. He was equally able to pl ...
and
Michel Bouquet
Michel Bouquet (6 November 1925 – 13 April 2022) was a French stage and film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films from 1947 to 2020. He won the Best Actor European Film Award for '' Toto the Hero'' in 1991 and two Best Actor Césars fo ...
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Cast
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Mimsy Farmer
Merle "Mimsy" Farmer (born February 28, 1945) is an American actress, artist and sculptor. She began her career appearing in several Hollywood studio films, such as ''Spencer's Mountain'' (1963) and ''Bus Riley's Back in Town'' (1965), followed b ...
as Candice Strasberg
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Paul Meurisse
Paul Meurisse (; 21 December 1912 – 19 January 1979) was a French actor who appeared in over 60 films and many stage productions. Meurisse was noted for the elegance of his acting style, and for his versatility. He was equally able to pl ...
as Laurent Kirchner
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Michel Bouquet
Michel Bouquet (6 November 1925 – 13 April 2022) was a French stage and film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films from 1947 to 2020. He won the Best Actor European Film Award for '' Toto the Hero'' in 1991 and two Best Actor Césars fo ...
as Procureur Delarue
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Bruno Cremer
Bruno Jean Marie Cremer (6 October 1929 – 7 August 2010) was a French actor best known for portraying Jules Maigret on French television, from 1991 to 2005.
Origins
Bruno Cremer was born in Saint-Mandé, Val-de-Marne, in the eastern suburbs ...
as Commissaire Bonetti
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Michael Lonsdale
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as Le juge Souftries
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Jacques Fabbri
Jacques Fabbri (4 July 1925 – 24 December 1997) was a French actor. He began his acting career in 1949, and acted in about 50 films.
Selected filmography
* ''Rendezvous in July'' (1949) - Bernard
* ''The Girl from Maxim's (1950 film), The ...
as Commissaire Bretonnet
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Renaud Verley
Renaud Verley (born 9 November 1945) is a French actor. He appeared in more than twenty films since 1965. His brother Bernard Verley
Bernard Verley (born 4 October 1939) is a French actor and producer.
Biography
Former student of les ''Beaux ...
as Bernard Vauquier
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Jean-Claude Dauphin
Jean-Claude Dauphin, born Claude Legrand on March 16, 1948 in Boulogne-Billancourt, is a French actor.
Biography
He is the son of actor Claude Dauphin and actress Maria Mauban, the grand-son of the poet Maurice Étienne Legrand and nephew hos ...
as Solnes
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Marie-Hélène Breillat
Marie-Hélène is a given name. Notable people with the name include:
*Marie-Hélène Amiable (born 1960), French politician, Mayor of Bagneux
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*Marie-Hélène Aubert (born 1955), Frenc ...
as Carlyne
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Marco Perrin
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People
* Marco (given name), people with the given name Marco
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* Georg Marco (1863–1923), Romanian chess player of German origin
* Tomás Marco (born 1942), Spanish co ...
as Gabriel
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Giampiero Albertini
Giampiero Albertini (20 December 1927 – 14 May 1991) was an Italian film, television and voice actor.
Biography
Born in Muggiò, Albertini started his career as stage actor at the Piccolo Teatro in Milan, under the guidance of Giorgio Strehle ...
as Matteo Gallone
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Luigi Pistilli
Luigi Pistilli (19 July 192921 April 1996) was an Italian actor of stage, screen, and television.
At one time Pistilli was one of Italy's most respected actors of stage, screen, and television. In theater, he was considered one of the country's ...
as Marcello Angiotti
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Cirylle Spiga as Campanez
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Edmund Purdom
Edmund Anthony Cutlar Purdom (19 December 19241 January 2009) was an English actor, voice artist, and director. He worked first on stage in Britain, performing various works by Shakespeare, then in America on Broadway and in Hollywood, and event ...
as Le journaliste américain
References
Bibliography
* Rège, Philippe. ''Encyclopedia of French Film Directors, Volume 1''. Scarecrow Press, 2009.
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1974 films
1974 crime drama films
French crime drama films
Italian crime drama films
1970s French-language films
1970s French films
1970s Italian films
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