| Release Date: | Mar 1985 |
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| Genres: | Comedy / Crime |
| Awards: | 3 wins & 2 nominations |
| Cast: | Philippe Noiret (René Boirond), Thierry Lhermitte (François Lesbuche), Régine (Simone), Grace De Capitani (Natasha), Claude Brosset (Vidal), Albert Simono (Inspecteur Leblanc), Julien Guiomar (Commissaire Bloret), Henri Attal (Dédé la Mitraille), Abou Bakar (Le noir 'Cartier'), Pierre Baton (Le procureur), Bernard Bijaoui (Camoun), Jean-Claude Bouillaud (Un gardien), Julien Bukowski (Le chauffeur de benne à ordures), François Cadet (L'hôtelier Louxor), Jocelyn Canoen (Le patron de la société de...), Kamel Cherif (Abdel), Jean Cherlian (Le gardien chef), Louise Chevalier (La vieille dame), Med Salah Cheurfi (Le chauffeur taxi), Jacques Ciron (Patron restaurant chic), Gérard Couderc (Le boucher), Michel Crémadès (Le pick-pocket), Alain David (Marcel (le mécano)), Cheik Doukouré (Le marabout), Michel Duchezeau (Le Mac Savatte), Richard Fiardo (Le voleur Myrha), James Fitzgerald (Le chef de partie), Pierre Frag (Pierrot), Jacques Frantz (Franck), Olivier Granier (I.G.S), Michel Hardy (Le gardien secrétaire), Nicholas Hawtrey (Spencer), Hélène Hily (La caissière P.M.U.), Guy Kerner (Le président), Menzan Kouassi (Le joueur), Karine Lafabrie (La caissière Shéhérazade), Jean Lanier (L'officiel), Henri Laurent (Le truand drogué), Héctor Malamud (Manuel), Madette Marion (La bouchère), Pascal Martin-Granel (Le premier tolard), Simon Michaël (Le camelot), Georges Montillier (Taleb), René Morard (Le patron 'Glode d'or'), Michael Morris (Fisher), Pascal Pistacio (Jésus), Francis Roussef (L'homme poker), Jacques Santi (I.G.S), Ticky Holgado (Alphonse), Régine Teyssot (La jeune mère), Marius Yelolo (Le client noir), Abbes Zahmani (Farid) |
Rene is a "ripou", a rotten cop who makes ends meet by accepting bribes, presents and free drinks from the people he should be putting in jail. When his partner retires, he must team up with Francois, a young police school graduate with a righteous attitude. He is hard to break and Rene has to trick him. He introduces Francois to a charming girl and forgets to mention she's a prostitute. Now Rene has something against Francois he can use in case his partner should want to reveal Rene's little commerce with the underworld. The partners ultimately become friends, get one another out of a tough situation, and manage to gather enough money to buy Rene his lifelong dream: a small café near the horse tracks.
