Crime and Punishment (French: Crime et Châtiment) is a 1956 French crime film based on the eponymous 1866 novel by Fyodor Dostoyevsky.

Plot

Proud of his position in society and of his intelligence, René Brunel believes that bourgeois notions of morality do no apply to him. To prove his point he murders an old woman in cold blood.

Cast

Jean Gabin as Le commissaire Gallet
Marina Vlady as Lili Marcellin
Ulla Jacobsson as Nicole Brunel
Bernard Blier as Antoine Monestier
Robert Hossein as René Brunel
Gaby Morlay as Madame Brunel (as Madame Gaby Morlay)
René Havard as L’inspecteur Noblet
Yvette Etiévant as Madame Marcelini (as Yvette Etievant)
Gabrielle Fontan as Madame Harvais
Roland Lesaffre as L’ouvrier accusé
Albert Rémy as L’inspecteur Renaud
Lino Ventura as Gustave Messonnier
Gérard Blain as Jean Fargeot
Julien Carette as Pierre Marcellin