There Once Was a Cop (1972)

  • NR
  • 08/10/1972 (AR)
  • Crime, Comedy
  • 1h 35m

Overview

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.

Georges Lautner

Director, Screenplay

Francis Veber

Screenplay

Richard Caron

Novel

Cast

Michael Lonsdale's headshot

Michael Lonsdale

Commissioner Lucas
Michel Constantin's headshot

Michel Constantin

Commissioner Campana alias Louis Lopez
Mireille Darc's headshot

Mireille Darc

Christine alias Françoise
Robert Dalban's headshot

Robert Dalban

Commissioner Chauvet, Superintendent in Nice
Daniel Ivernel's headshot

Daniel Ivernel

Ligmann
Venantino Venantini's headshot

Venantino Venantini

Felice, the killer
Hervé Hillien's headshot

Hervé Hillien

Bertrand, Christine's son
Henri Guybet's headshot

Henri Guybet

PJ inspector

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