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Les Assassins de l'ordre (lit. 'The Assassins of Order') is a 1971 crime film starring Jacques Brel and directed by Marcel Carné. The film is based on the novel Les Assassins de l'ordre by Jean Laborde. The novel was based on the real-life incident where a man who was accused to stealing a watch was beaten to death by three police officers. The film is about an magistrate who is assigned to examine the case of two policemen and their inspector who have beaten a suspect to death. By the time the case is heard in court, all the witnesses and the widow's counsel have been intimidated into silence, which leads to the magistrate coming under heavy pressure to drop the case, and to have the three murderers walk free.

The film opened in France on May 7, 1971. It was later shown at the 7th Moscow International Film Festival in July 1971 and later out of competition at the Venice Film Festival. In France it had a 1,142,534 spectators, making it the 21st highest-grossing film in France in 1971.

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