The Sword and the Balance
Le Glaive et la Balance
Drama
Thriller
Crime
A queer, a gigolo, and a brute—who could’ve done it?
Three young men are suspected of kidnapping and murdering a little boy. Most likely, two of them are really involved, but one is not. All of their pasts are questionable, riddled with violence and controversy. Neither the police nor the court can decide how to solve that puzzle.
1963-02-01
fr
Cast
Director
André Cayatte
Anthony Perkins as Johnny Parsons
Jean-Claude Brialy as Jean-Philippe
Renato Salvatori as François
Pascale Audret as Agnès
Jacques Monod as Commissioner
Marie Déa as Madame Winter
Horst Janson as Mac
Fernand Ledoux as Prosecutor
Maurice Chevit as Inspector
Anne Tonietti as Christine Prévost
Élina Labourdette as Simone Darbon
Henri Vilbert as Juror
Paul Amiot as Man
Teddy Bilis as Juror
Charles Blavette
Claude Cerval as Plouzenec
Janine Darcey as Chantal
Michel Dacquin
Germaine Delbat as Widow Prévost
Gilberte Géniat as Lady from the jury
Gilbert Gil as Inspector Portal
Sophie Grimaldi as Brigitte
Camille Guérini as Judge Noblet
Robert Le Béal
Sophie Leclair
Diane Lepvrier as Marianne
Héléna Manson as Lady from the jury
Pierre Mirat as Juror
Maurice Nasil
Jean Ozenne as Art lover
Marcel Pérès as Juror
Robert Rollis
Jack Bérard
Charles Bouillaud as Inspector
Gabriel Gobin as Albert, concierge of the Law Court
Horst Janson
Henri Lambert as Inspector
Mae Mercer
Bernard Musson
Claude Salez
Henri Garcin as (uncredited)