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Cast

Michael Lonsdale

Michael Lonsdale

Commissioner Lucas

Michel Constantin

Michel Constantin

Commissioner Campana alias Louis Lopez

Mireille Darc

Mireille Darc

Christine alias Françoise

Robert Dalban

Robert Dalban

Commissioner Chauvet, Superintendent in Nice

Daniel Ivernel

Daniel Ivernel

Ligmann

Venantino Venantini

Venantino Venantini

Felice, killer

Hervé Hillien

Hervé Hillien

Bertrand, Christine's son

Henri Guybet

Henri Guybet

PJ inspector

Robert Castel

Robert Castel

Rodriguez, Manoni's man

Giuliano Esperanti

Giuliano Esperanti

Second killer

Jean-Jacques Moreau

Jean-Jacques Moreau

PJ inspector

Charles Southwood

Charles Southwood

Narcotic Bureau agent

Dado Crostarosa

Dado Crostarosa

One of the two young Portuguese

Jean Luisi

Jean Luisi

Second taxi driver

Fransined

Fransined

First taxi driver

Phyllis Major

Phyllis Major

Marianne Halifax

Ghislain Oyac

Ghislain Oyac

Manoni's secretary

Paul Clerici

Paul Clerici

Jeanne Costi

Jeanne Costi

Daniel Auguste

Daniel Auguste

Policeman

Pitsolu Dimitrius

Pitsolu Dimitrius

Charly Bertoni

Charly Bertoni

Narcotic Bureau agent

Hans Vervez

Hans Vervez

Henri Dugène

Henri Dugène

Henri Cogan

Henri Cogan

Jeannot, Manoni's man (uncredited)

Alain Delon

Alain Delon

Man looking for Rodriguez (uncredited)

Pier Paolo Capponi

Pier Paolo Capponi

Ugo (uncredited)

Crew

Georges Lautner

Georges Lautner

Director

Georges Lautner

Georges Lautner

Screenplay

Francis Veber

Francis Veber

Screenplay

Alain Poiré

Alain Poiré

Producer

Maurice Fellous

Maurice Fellous

Director of Photography

Eddie Vartan

Eddie Vartan

Original Music Composer

Michelle David

Michelle David

Editor

Annie Maurel

Annie Maurel

Script Supervisor

Fernande Hugi

Fernande Hugi

Makeup Artist

Louis Hochet

Louis Hochet

Sound

Damien Lanfranchi

Damien Lanfranchi

Production Design

Claude Vital

Claude Vital

First Assistant Director

Richard Caron

Richard Caron

Novel

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There Once Was a Cop

19726.1 / 1095 min
Crime, Comedy

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.