Scene of the Crime (Le Lieu du crime)
The Dore Schary regime at MGM brought a much-needed dose of stark realism to the venerable studio. Van Johnson sheds his boy-next-door image to play L.A. plainclothes lieutenant Mike Conovan. Determined to bring a cop killer to justice, Conovan will let no man stand in his way -- not even his level-headed superiors.
The detective's single-purposed pursuit causes a rift in his marriage to wife Gloria (Arlene Dahl). The film comes very close to the Dragnet school of unadorned, unglamorized police procedure: it adheres to standard MGM formula only in the final reconciliation scene.
Officially a Harry Rapf production, Scene of the Crime was completed by another producer when Rapf died during filming.
| Director: | Andre Techine |
| Producer(s): | Alain Terzian |
| Cast: | Danielle Darrieux, Catherine Deneuve, Victor Lanoux, Jean-Claude Adelin, Wadeck Stanczak, Nicolas Giraudi, Jean Bousquet, Michel Grimaud, Claire Nebout |
