Inspector Lavardin | reviewed by: William O'Donnell | January 10, 2023
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A serviceable example of Chabrol displaying his Hitchcockian adoration within a handsome mystery caper.
| genre | Crime | Drama | foreign |
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| synopsis | Inspector Lavardin is called to a provincial village to investigate a murder – only to find that one of his ex-lovers is the victim’s widow. |
| lead actors | Jean Poiret | Jean-Claude Brialy | Bernadette Lafont | Jean-Luc Bideau | Jacques Dacqmine | Hermine Clair | Pierre-François Dumeniaud | Florent Gibassier | Guy Louret | Jean Depusse | Marc Adam | Michel Dupuy | Serge Feuillet | Michel Fontayne | Philippe Froger | Chantal Grebbet | Claire Ifrane | Hervé Lelardoux | Lisa Livane | Robert Mazet | Guy Parigot | Maurice Regnaut | Odette Simoneau |
| director | Claude Chabrol |