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There Once Was a Cop (1972) [N/A]

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

Overview from TheMovieDB

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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Production

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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