| Le glaive et la balance | |
| Director: | André Cayatte |
| Producer: | Willy Pickardt Robert Sussfeld |
| Starring: | Anthony Perkins Jean-Claude Brialy Renato Salvatori |
| Music: | Louiguy |
| Cinematography: | Roger Fellous |
| Editing: | Paul Cayatte |
| Studio: | Trianon Ultra Films |
| Distributor: | Gaumont Metro Goldwyn Mayer |
| Runtime: | 131 min |
| Country: | Italy France |
| Language: | French |
Le glaive et la balance (also released with the English-language subtitle Two Are Guilty)[1] is a 1963 French-Italian crime drama film directed by André Cayatte. It was written by Cayatte, Henri Jeanson and Charles Spaak and stars American actor Anthony Perkins as the protagonist.
On the French Riviera, after the son of a wealthy local woman is kidnapped for ransom, the police begin an investigation. The kidnappers manage to escape the police, killing their victim in the process, but three men are eventually discovered by the police at a lighthouse.