The French Detective
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The French Detective | |
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Directed by | Pierre Granier-Deferre |
Written by | Francis Veber |
Produced by | Georges Dancigers |
Starring | Lino Ventura Patrick Dewaere Victor Lanoux Françoise Brion Claude Rich Julien Guiomar |
Cinematography | Jean Collomb |
Edited by | Jean Ravel |
Music by | Philippe Sarde |
Production companies | Les Films Ariane Mondex Films |
Distributed by | Compagnie Commerciale Française Cinématographique |
Release date |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | French |
Box office | $14.6 million[1] |
The French Detective(French:Adieu poulet) is a1975French film directed byPierre Granier-Deferre,and scripted byFrancis Veberfrom the 1974 novelAdieu poulet!byRaf Vallet.It received twoCésarnominations forbest supporting actor,and another forbest editing.[2]
Plot
[edit]Despite the English title, in truth there are two French detectives, based inRouen.Verjeat is an aging, been-around gumshoe, while Lefevre is his young, callow and cynical associate. The two detectives don't like each other much at first, but this will change. Their current assignment is getting the goods on a corrupt politician. During an election, there is a fight between the supporters of two of the candidates. In the melee political thugs murder an opponent's volunteer and also kill a cop. The officer has time to warn his colleagues that the killer is Portor, a well known thug whose brother is campaigning on behalf of law and order candidate Lardatte. Chief inspector Verjeat believes the politician who hired the thugs is as guilty as the murderous goon. His pursuit of Portor is hampered by Lardatte, for whom he has a personal dislike and misses no opportunity to humiliate. Verjeat's pursuit of 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 promoted and transferred within a week to a posting outside of Rouen. This will take him off the case. As a result, he then finds himself with a very short time to capture Portor. Verjeat is sure that his upcoming transfer is courtesy of Lardatte and his police contacts. He speeds up his hunt for the goon and, with Lefevre, he engineers a complicated scheme to buy more time before the transfer.
Cast
[edit]- Lino Venturaas Verjeat
- Patrick Dewaereas Lefevre
- Victor Lanouxas Pierre Lardatte
- Claude Richas Judge Delmesse
- Pierre Tornadeas Pignol
- Claude Brossetas Portor
- Jean Collombas the barman
- Dominique Zardias a patient
- Henri Attalas a gangster
- Valérie Mairesseas Therosettesgirl
References
[edit]- ^"Adieu poulet (1975)".JPBox-Office.Retrieved2016-09-10.
- ^"Gooodbye Inspector / The French Detective".unifrance.org.Retrieved2014-03-08.
External links
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- 1975 films
- Films directed by Pierre Granier-Deferre
- 1970s crime thriller films
- 1970s comedy thriller films
- French crime thriller films
- French comedy thriller films
- Police detective films
- Films scored by Philippe Sarde
- 1975 comedy films
- 1970s French-language films
- 1970s French films
- Films with screenplays by Francis Veber
- 1970s French film stubs
- Crime thriller film stubs