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Overview
Le Glaive et la balance is a French crime film first released in 1963,
directed by André Cayatte.
The film stars Anthony Perkins, Jean-Claude Brialy, Renato Salvatori, Pascale Audret and Anne Tonietti.
It has also been released under the title: The Sword and the Balance.
Our overall rating for this film is: good.
Synopsis
The American Johnny Parsons is a bad painter who has difficulty selling
his work. His girlfriend, Agnès, works as a secretary for
the rich Mrs Winter, a widow who lives in a Riviera villa with her 10
year-old son. Jean-Philippe Prévost is the owner of an
estate agency who is struggling to recover from a serious business
mishap. François Cordier is a water-skiing instructor who
makes a decent living, thanks to his mistress, the wealthy Mrs
Darbon. One day, Mrs Winter’s son is kidnapped and killed by two
men. These men are pursued by the police but when they are run to
ground, on a beach, the police find three men, not two. These men
are Johnny, Jean-Philippe and François. Each of them tells
a different story, each accuses the other two...
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