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There Once Was a Cop (1972)

Original title: Il était une fois un flic...

1972-02-11 · 1h 35m · FR
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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.

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Georges LautnerDirector

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Michael LonsdaleMichael LonsdaleCommissioner LucasMichel ConstantinMichel ConstantinCommissioner Campana alias Louis LopezMireille DarcMireille DarcChristine alias FrançoiseRobert DalbanRobert DalbanLe commissaire ChauvetDaniel IvernelDaniel IvernelLigmannVenantino VenantiniVenantino VenantiniFelice, the killerHervé HillienHervé HillienBertrandHenri GuybetHenri GuybetPJ inspectorRobert CastelRobert CastelRodriguezGiuliano EsperantiGiuliano EsperantiJean-Jacques MoreauJean-Jacques Moreauun inspecteur de la PJCharles SouthwoodCharles Southwoodun agent du Bureau des Narcotiques, le BNDD

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Genre affinityComedy · CrimeDialogue densityComedyDirector preference300137Actor preference254814 · 338508 · 544728Country preferenceFrDecade preference1970

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What is There Once Was a Cop about?

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.

How long is There Once Was a Cop?

There Once Was a Cop has a runtime of 95 minutes.