Directed by:
Pierre Granier-DeferreScreenplay:
Francis VeberCinematography:
Jean CollombComposer:
Philippe SardeCast:
Lino Ventura, Patrick Dewaere, Victor Lanoux, Julien Guiomar, Pierre Tornade, Françoise Brion, Claude Rich, Michel Peyrelon, Claude Brosset, Gérard Hérold (more)Plots(1)
When political thugs murder an opponent's volunteer and also kill a cop, chief inspector Verjeat believes the politician who hired them is as guilty as the murderous goon. Verjeat's pursuit of the councilman, Lardatte, gets him a warning from his superiors. When he embarrasses Lardatte while disarming a hostage (the dead volunteer's father), Verjeat is told he's being transferred within a week. He speeds up his hunt for the goon and, with Lefévre, one of his young detectives, he engineers a complicated scheme to buy more time before the transfer. How should Verjeat play out his values of honor and duty? (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Lino Ventura
Italy
Best movies:
Marie-October (1959)
Witness in the City (1959)
Les Misérables (1982)
Patrick Dewaere
France
Best movies:
The Spies (1957)
A Bad Son (1980)
The Scoundrel (1971)
Victor Lanoux
France
Best movies:
Two Men in Town (1973)
The Common Man (1975)
The French Detective (1975)
Julien Guiomar
France
Best movies:
Georges Bizet: Carmen (1984)
Animal (1977)
My New Partner (1984)
Pierre Tornade
France
Best movies:
The Twelve Tasks of Asterix (1976)
Asterix in Britain (1986)
Asterix vs. Caesar (1985)
Françoise Brion
France
Best movies:
Witness in the City (1959)
Love in the Afternoon (1957)
L'Immortelle (1963)
Claude Rich
France
Best movies:
Order of the Daisy (1967)
Pope John XXIII (2002) (TV movie)
Oscar (1967)
Michel Peyrelon
France
Best movies:
The Common Man (1975)
Cop or Hood (1979)
The Visitors (1993)
Claude Brosset
France
Best movies:
My New Partner (1984)
Cop or Hood (1979)
R.A.S. (1973)
Gérard Hérold
France
Best movies:
The Seventh Company Outdoors (1977)
The French Detective (1975)
The Twisted Detective (1977)
Gérard Dessalles
Best movies:
Mother (1991)
The French Detective (1975)
Le Voyage en douce (1980)
Jacques Rispal
France
Best movies:
Two Men in Town (1973)
The Confession (1970)
The Cat (1971)
Jean-Yves Gautier
Best movies:
Holy Year (1976)
Life and Nothing But (1989)
The French Detective (1975)
Pierre Londiche
Best movies:
La Dernière Nuit (1981) (TV movie)
Mado (1976)
The Things of Life (1970)
Jacques Serres
Best movies:
Docteur Teyran (1980) (TV movie)
The French Detective (1975)
Les Cœurs brûlés (1992) (series)
Christiane Tissot
Best movies:
The French Detective (1975)
Série noire (1984) (series)
A Friend of Vincent (1983)
Michel Beaune
France
Best movies:
The Professional (1981)
The Confession (1970)
Cop or Hood (1979)
Christine Laurent
Best movies:
The French Detective (1975)
Death on a Rainy Sunday (1986)
The Blood of Others (1984)
Henri Attal
France
Best movies:
Animal (1977)
Fantomas (1964)
My New Partner (1984)
Dominique Zardi
France
Best movies:
Dialogue with the Carmelites (1960)
Two Men in Town (1973)
Fantomas (1964)