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Jo Pinelli est un caïd, trafiquant, racketteur et proxénète notoire. L’officier de la Brigade Mondaine Antoine Delille s’est juré de le faire tomber. Faisant preuve de détermination et de méthode, il arrête le malfrat pour une broutille, ce qui lui laisse le champ libre pour interroger ses hommes de main et ses « gagneuses »… jusqu’à les confondre. Un vrai policier à la française et l’un des beaux rôles de flic de Pierre Mondy, par le réalisateur oscarisé de « Monsieur Vincent ».

Requiem pour un caïd (1964)
94 min
Police officer Antoine Delille is in charge of putting an end to the activities of a "kingpin", Jo Pinelli, trafficker, racketeer and pimp. He has three women working for him, including Eva and Jeannette, and is currently "conditioning" a charming, naive Orly employee, with whom he poses as an honorable businessman. Inspector Delille's plan is to arrest Jo for some crime and, while he's being held at the P.J., to delve into his other criminal activities and confound him.