A work in constant progress (and occasional regress).
Release Date:
February 11, 1972
Original Title:
Il était une fois un flic...
Alternate Titles:
Bese jednom jedan cajkan
Byl jednou jeden policajt
Byl sobie glina
C'era una volta un commissario...
Cops Is Cops
Det var en gang en purk
Det var en gång en snut...
En dag kom en strisser
Era uma vez um Polícia
Había una vez un flic
Killer bluffen zweimal
Saatanan kytät
Volt egyszer egy zsaru
Érase una vez un poli...
Жил-был полицейский
Genres:
Comedy | Crime
Production Companies:
Gaumont International
Rizzoli Film
Production Countries:
France
Ratings / Certifications:
FR: TP
Runtime: 95
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.
Director:
Georges Lautner
Director of Photography:
Maurice Fellous
Editor:
Michelle David
First Assistant Director:
Claude Vital
Makeup Artist:
Fernande Hugi
Novel:
Richard Caron
Original Music Composer:
Eddie Vartan
Producer:
Alain Poiré
Production Design:
Damien Lanfranchi
Screenplay:
Georges Lautner
Francis Veber
Script Supervisor:
Annie Maurel
Sound:
Louis Hochet
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