There Once Was a Cop

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Movies 1972 95 min

There Once Was a Cop

Crime Comedy

Full Synopsis

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.

Top Cast

Michael Lonsdale

Commissioner Lucas

Michel Constantin

Commissioner Campana alias Louis Lopez

Mireille Darc

Christine alias Françoise

Robert Dalban

Commissioner Chauvet, Superintendent in Nice

Daniel Ivernel

Ligmann

Venantino Venantini

Felice, killer

Hervé Hillien

Bertrand, Christine's son

Henri Guybet

PJ inspector

Robert Castel

Rodriguez, Manoni's man

Giuliano Esperanti

Second killer

Jean-Jacques Moreau

PJ inspector

Charles Southwood

Narcotic Bureau agent

Technical Details

Status Released

Release date 1972-02-11

Original Language FR

Production Companies Gaumont International, Rizzoli Film

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