Inspecteur Blache

In Le Crime est notre affaire the 2008 French adaptation by Pascal Thomas of 4.50 from Paddington, inspecteur Blache is police officer who responds to the report that a dead body had been found in the grounds of "La vallée des loups" (the Rutherford Hall equivalent). Inspecteur Blache is portrayed by Yves Afonso.

After examining the crime scene, Blache interviews Prudence Beresford who found the body. He recognises the surname. Although Prudence claims it is a common name and that she is a widow, the inspector believes she is related to Bélisaire Beresford and he goes to tell him about it. Bélisaire is, of course, not pleased to hear that his wife has gotten herself into another adventure but nonetheless Blache thinks she can be helpful in the investigation. He ropes Bélisaire (under a cover name) into the investigation and defers to him, probably because Bélisaire was a former head of the secret service. In this respect, inspecteur Blache can be considered a parallel of Inspector Bacon and Bélisaire can be considered a parallel of Inspector Craddock.