Judex
– Georges Franju's Judex is an arch, playful tribute to the serials of the influential silent filmmake..
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.
04 Dec 1963
French
Georges Franju
Arthur Bernède (based on a screenplay by), Louis Feuillade (based on a screenplay by), Jacques Champreux (adaptation), Francis Lacassin (adaptation), Jacques Champreux (dialogue), Francis Lacassin (dialogue)
Channing Pollock, Francine Bergé, Edith Scob, Théo Sarapo
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.
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