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There Once Was a Cop(1972)
Status: Released
Date: 1972-02-11
61%
42 Votes
Time: 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.
Languages: French, Italian.
Countries:
France
ProductionCompanies:
Gaumont International
Rizzoli Film
Movie: There Once Was a Cop
Top 10 Billed 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
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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.
Release Date
1972-02-11
Average
6.1
Rating:
3.0 startsTagline
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Languages:
FrançaisItaliano
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