Season 1 • Episode 13
LatestA leak occurred at the O Agency. What should at all costs remain secret fell on the ears of thugs who took advantage of it to exercise blackmail, and also to make the police believe that the Agency itself, even is wet in the combination. Dispelling police suspicion is far from easy. Until a few acoustic properties are discovered. The painter Tigrane Alban murdered Evjen because he had dishonored his daughter Dalté. The members of the O Agency are the only ones to know about it, but soon the painter is blackmailed. So there is one of the members of the O Agency who is responsible for the leaks. Miss Berthe feels that everything accuses her ...
L’Agence O is a famous Parisian private detective firm. Its premises are located in the Passage Choiseul. In front, Torrence leads the shop. In fact, the agency's team is complemented by Émilie le Roux, Mademoiselle Berthe and Barbet, who scrutinize clients through a one-way mirror located behind the desk. Getting hold of a man disguised as an old lady, solving the mystery of the Prisoner of Lagny or discovering who is blackmailing the painter Tigrane Alban does not worry the experts at the O Agency. Les Dossiers de l’Agence O is a French-Canadian television series in thirteen episodes of approximately 55 minutes created by Marc Simenon and broadcast first in Quebec from December 14, 1967 to March 13, 1968 on Télévision de Radio-Canada, then in France from March 11 to June 3, 1968 on the first channel of the ORTF.
Production
Passage Choiseul location is a character itself — cramped, mysterious, perfect.
Costume
Disguises are gloriously unconvincing in the most charming way possible.
Acting
Marlène Jobert before stardom, holding her own in a boys' club.
Creator
Marc Simenon
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Marc Simenon was the son of legendary crime writer Georges Simenon, creator of Maigret — detective fiction ran in the family.
This aired on both sides of the Atlantic during May '68, making its cozy escapism either pure comfort or willful denial depending on your politics.
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