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There Once Was a Cop

★ 6.1 / 10 (52 votes)February 11, 197295 minFR
CrimeComedy

Campana, a commissar at the drugs bureau of Paris police gets an undercover job in Nice to catch an Italian-French mafia boss. As he slips into the identity of a gangster's brother, who was already killed, he has to play the role of a loving husband with child - something that is not so easy for a confirmed single like Campana. Unfortunately American killers chase behind the Nice mafia clan too, in order to get control of French drug trades to USA.

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Movie facts

Release dateFebruary 11, 1972
StatusReleased
Runtime95 min
Rating★ 6.1 / 10
Certification—
Original languageFrench, Italian
CountryFrance
Budget—
Revenue—
ProductionGaumont International, Rizzoli Film
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Director

Georges Lautner

Writers

Georges Lautner, Francis Veber

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Cast

Michael LonsdaleMichael LonsdaleCommissioner Lucas
Michel ConstantinMichel ConstantinCommissioner Campana alias Louis Lopez
Mireille DarcMireille DarcChristine alias Françoise
Robert DalbanRobert DalbanCommissioner Chauvet, Superintendent in Nice
Daniel IvernelDaniel IvernelLigmann
Venantino VenantiniVenantino VenantiniFelice, killer
Hervé HillienHervé HillienBertrand, Christine's son
Henri GuybetHenri GuybetPJ inspector
Robert CastelRobert CastelRodriguez, Manoni's man
Giuliano EsperantiGiuliano EsperantiSecond killer
Jean-Jacques MoreauJean-Jacques MoreauPJ inspector
Charles SouthwoodCharles SouthwoodNarcotic Bureau agent
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