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The Seventh Juror

1962 · 105 min

A slow-burning moral pressure cooker where a respectable man's secret guilt tightens around him in a quiet provincial setting.

Tagline
She was the victim...and he was...
Overview
In a moment of madness a middle-aged, married and respectable pharmacist kills a young woman who is sun-bathing by a lake. Unable to take in what he has done, he flees from the scene of the crime and behaves as if nothing has happened. Eventually her boyfriend is charged with the crime and, in a strange twist of fate, the killer finds himself serving on the jury.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • guilt
  • justice
  • deception
  • morality
  • fate
Places
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror2
Humour2
Realism7
Romance2
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Where to watch in the UK

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Details

Genres
thriller, crime, drama
Directed by
Georges Lautner
Written by
Jacques Robert
Starring
Bernard Blier, Maurice Biraud, Francis Blanche, Danièle Delorme, Jacques Riberolles, Yves Barsacq, Henri Crémieux, Robert Dalban
Music
Jean Yatove
Cinematography
Maurice Fellous
Runtime
105 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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