Verdict
Verdict is a 1974 French-Italian drama film, directed by André Cayatte, starring Sophia Loren, Jean Gabin and Julien Bertheau. A French judge comes under intense personal pressure to acquit a man who is accused of murdering his lover. It was also released under the title Jury of One.
Plot
The President of the Court Legun one evening, while he is at home alone with his wife Nicole, refuses to receive Mrs Teresa Léoni who would like to ask for mercy for her son André on trial for the rape and murder of Annie Chartier. Leguen, known for his severity, in fact conducts the first hearing with the usual drasticity. Then Teresa, widow of a bandit, convinced of her son's innocence, takes Mrs. Nicole hostage and blackmails her husband. The latter, having tried in vain to change the opinion of the blackmailer, changes his attitude and, despite the general amazement and the remarks of the Attorney General, influences the jurors to the point of snatching the verdict of full acquittal from them. But Nicole, in need of daily injections due to diabetes, refuses the medicines and dies. With this involuntary death on her conscience and after the confession of her freed son, Teresa throws herself with the car against a wall.
Cast
- Anne Kreis
- Armand Meffre
- Daniel Lecourtois
- Florence Brière
- François Cadet
- François Vibert
- Françoise Bette
- Gisèle Casadesus
- Henri Garcin
- Jean-François Rémi
- Jean Gabin
- Julien Bertheau
- Lucienne Legrand
- Mario Pilar
- Marthe Villalonga
- Maurice Nasil
- Max Doria
- Michel Albertini
- Michel Robin
- Muriel Catala
- Paul Bisciglia
- Pierre Tabard
- Raymond Baillet
- Robert Favart
- Sophia Loren
- Umberto Orsini
- Umberto Raho
More details
| author | André Cayatte Luciano Vincenzoni Pierre Dumayet |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Lyon |
| director | André Cayatte |
| genre | drama |
| keywords | attorney attorney general even hear home alone rape and murder |
| musicBy | Louis Guglielmi |
| producer | Carlo Ponti |
| publisher | Warner-Columbia |