Panique (1946)

Review: Panique (1946)

Director: Jean-Claude Lord

Cast: Paule Baillargeon, Jean Coutu, Lise Thouin, Pierre Thériault, Jacques Thisdale,

Paule Baillargeon
Paule Baillargeon
Jean Coutu
Jean Coutu
Lise Thouin
Lise Thouin
Pierre Thériault
Pierre Thériault
Jacques Thisdale
Jacques Thisdale

Plot: Proud, eccentric, and antisocial, Monsieur Hire has always kept to himself. But after a woman turns up dead in the Paris suburb where he lives, he feels drawn to a pretty young newcomer to town and discovers that his neighbors are only too ready to suspect the worst of him.

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Julien Duvivier&#8217;s <i>Panique</i> (1946): Criterion Blu-ray review

Julien Duvivier’s Panique (1946): Criterion Blu-ray review

Criterion have continued their efforts to restore the reputation of eclectic French filmmaker Julien Duvivier by following their Eclipse set of features from the 1930s with a stunning Blu-ray edition of his first post-war feature, Panique (1946), […]

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