Judex

Name: Judex
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Released: 1963-12-04
Duration: 1 h 38 min
Rating: 7.30
Cast: Théo Sarapo, Francine Bergé, Channing Pollock, Edith Scob

– Georges Franju's Judex is an arch, playful tribute to the serials of the influential silent filmmake..

Type:

Movie

Rating:

7.30 / 10

Duration:

One Hour and 38 Minutes

Release Year:

1963

Georges Franju's Judex is an arch, playful tribute to the serials of the influential silent filmmaker Louis Feuillade. Franju shuffles through the plot of Feuillade's lengthy serial of the same name, about an adventurer named Judex (Channing Pollock) whose revenge against the corrupt banker Favraux (Michel Vitold) unleashes a complicated series of schemes.

Styles:

Stylized, Exciting, Suspenseful, Realistic, Serious

Story Timeline:

1910s, 20th Century

Producing Country:

Italy, France

Filming Locations:

Paris France, France

Genre:

Crime, Thriller, Drama

Release Date:

04 Dec 1963

Language:

French

MPAA Content-Rating:

Not Rated

Directed by:

Georges Franju

Story Written By:

Francis Lacassin, Jacques Champreux, Louis Feuillade, Arthur Bernède

Main Actors:

Théo Sarapo, Francine Bergé, Channing Pollock, Edith Scob

Plot:

Favraux, an unscrupulous banker, receives a threatening note, signed by "Judex", demanding that he pay back the people he has swindled. He refuses, and apparently dies after a midnight toast at his masked ball. However, he is only drugged by Judex and locked away. Judex spares his life when the banker's widowed daughter, Jacqueline, rejects the inheritance. Meanwhile Diana Monti, the former governess, kidnaps Jacqueline to try to get the banker's money. But Judex is hot on her trail.

Production Company:

CFFP

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database:

7.2/10

Rotten Tomatoes:

90%