Dernier domicile connu (1970)

Police inspector Léonetti, a tough, efficient policeman, has been sent to a second-rate police station after being reprimanded. There he is given a partner, young and beautiful Jeanne Dumas... See full summary »

Director:

José Giovanni

Writers:

José Giovanni, Joseph Harrington (novel)

Stars:

Lino Ventura, Marlène Jobert, Michel Constantin

1 win.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Lino Ventura	...	L'inspecteur principal Marceau Leonetti
Marlène Jobert	...	Jeanne Dumas
Michel Constantin	...	Greg
Paul Crauchet	...	Jacques Loring
Alain Mottet	...	Frank Lambert
Béatrice Arnac	...	Silvia
Guy Heron	...	Soramon
Albert Dagnant	...	Arnold
Monique Mélinand	...	Mme Loring
Marcel Pérès	...	Lenoir
Germaine Delbat	...	Madame Lenoir
Hervé Sand	...	Gravel
Pascal Gillot
François Jaubert	...	Le braqueur
Régine Lovi

Storyline

Police inspector Léonetti, a tough, efficient policeman, has been sent to a second-rate police station after being reprimanded. There he is given a partner, young and beautiful Jeanne Dumas. The duo are soon assigned a very difficult mission: to find a man whose evidence is instrumental in convicting a murderer. They start searching throughout Paris...

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Plot Keywords:

police | duo | stabbed to death | dream | fist fight | 

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Genres:

Crime | Thriller

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Details

Country:

Italy France

Language:

French

Release Date:

25 February 1970 (France)

Also Known As:

Címe ismeretlen

Filming Locations:

Région parisienne, France

Company Credits

Production Co:

Cité Films, Parme Productions, Rizzoli Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

105 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

User Reviews

Very good police procedural and nice modern noir

Lino Ventura is simply perfect as this noir hero, too professional to rebel against the absurdity of his job. But why would they have him wear a small hat? The big broad-shouldered, former pro wrestler, Lino Ventura in brown-over-black 1970 style (remember Shaft?), OK, but who wears a hat in 1970? It makes him look like Inspector Clouseau. In the book Francis X. Kerrigan wears a dust jacket, OK this is the overused private coat, but keep it simple, in tune and in genre.

Fortunately the story is good, it's a sharp and clean police procedural and it shows that José Giovanni loved it. He loved that it displayed a stubborn officer walking his beat in the midst of general hostility against police. It was really fashionable to criticise the police around 1969 and Giovanni is happy to drive the point home more than once, most prominently in Paul Crauchet's monologue, but generally in the absurdity of Lino Ventura's assignments. Subtlety is definitely not Giovanni's forte but here it blends well with the simple police procedural.

All in all this could have been a tremendous modern noir with a better director (Melville, Sautet). The result doesn't show important directorial choices. Camera work and editing are average, and sound editing is poor while François de Roubaix's score would have been sufficient to carry most of the images. In the end you will feel as if the movie simply vanishes from your memory while you were really rooting for Ventura and Joubert minutes before.