Les Cinq Dernières Minutes

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Les Cinq Dernières Minutes is a classic French television detective series, launched in the 1950s, that follows police investigations typically resolved in the final minutes of each episode.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French television series
detective television series
broadcastFrequency episodic
broadcastMedium television
characterCatchphrase Bon Dieu, mais c’est bien sûr !
countryOfOrigin France
creator Claude Loursais NERFINISHED
decadeOfFirstAiring 1950s
director Claude Loursais NERFINISHED
endOfOriginalRun 1973
firstAired 1958
format television series with self‑contained episodes
genre crime drama
detective fiction
police procedural
hasEpisodeStructure standalone mysteries
hasInspectorCharacter Inspector Antoine Bourrel NERFINISHED
hasPoliceTheme criminal investigation
hasSubsequentSeries Les Cinq Dernières Minutes (revival series) NERFINISHED
hasTheme logical deduction to solve crimes
hasTitleLanguage French
influenced later French TV detective series
isConsidered classic of French television
laterRunType color television
mainActor Raymond Souplex NERFINISHED
mainCharacter Inspector Antoine Bourrel NERFINISHED
mediaType live‑action television
narrativeStructure investigation resolved in the final minutes of the episode
notableFor puzzle‑style whodunit structure
viewer participation in solving the crime
numberOfSeasons multiple seasons
originalBroadcastService French public television
originalLanguage French
originalNetwork France 2 NERFINISHED
ORTF NERFINISHED
RTF NERFINISHED
originalRunType black‑and‑white television
productionCompany Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française NERFINISHED
productionCountry France NERFINISHED
revivalRun 1975
1996
setting France NERFINISHED
targetAudience general audience
timePeriodDepicted contemporary France of its production years
titleTranslation The Last Five Minutes NERFINISHED
typicalEpisodeFocus police investigation
workType fictional work

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Corinne Marchand notableWork Les Cinq Dernières Minutes