About this release
Louis Lopez, le bras droit d’un des grands patrons français de la drogue, est abattu à Nice. Le commissaire Campana décide alors de se faire passer pour le frère du caïd afin de démanteler le gang qui sévit en France. Célibataire endurci, le voilà contraint de jouer les maris et bons pères de famille avec la veuve d’un de ses collègues, Christine, et son fils, Bertrand. Mais la police de Nice, qui n’est pas informée de la supercherie, commence à filer la petite famille.
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Disc 1
DVD
There Once Was a Cop (1972)
95 min
ComedyCrime
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.
Credits
Director
Georges Lautner
Writer
Georges Lautner
Francis Veber
Cast
Michael Lonsdaleas Commissioner Lucas
Michel Constantinas Commissioner Campana alias Louis Lopez
Mireille Darcas Christine alias Françoise
Robert Dalbanas Commissioner Chauvet, Superintendent in Nice
Daniel Ivernelas Ligmann
Venantino Venantinias Felice, killer
Hervé Hillienas Bertrand, Christine's son
Henri Guybetas PJ inspector
Robert Castelas Rodriguez, Manoni's man
Giuliano Esperantias Second killer
Cinematographer
Maurice Fellous
Composer
Eddie Vartan
Editor
Michelle David
Producer
Alain Poiré
Images
Release Details
- Packaging
- Keep Case
Catalogue Info
- Added by
- Matthew Simpson
- Date added
- July 27, 2026