There Once Was a Cop (1972)
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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.
- Released: 1972-02-11
- Genres: Crime, Comedy
- Runtime: 1h 35m
- Status: Released
- TMDB rating: 6.1/10 from 50 votes
Directed by Georges Lautner.
Top cast
- Michael Lonsdale as Commissioner Lucas
- Michel Constantin as Commissioner Campana alias Louis Lopez
- Mireille Darc as Christine alias Françoise
- Robert Dalban as Commissioner Chauvet, Superintendent in Nice
- Daniel Ivernel as Ligmann
- Venantino Venantini as Felice, killer
- Hervé Hillien as Bertrand, Christine's son
- Henri Guybet as PJ inspector
- Robert Castel as Rodriguez, Manoni's man
- Giuliano Esperanti as Second killer
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