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The Tiger Brigades
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Jean-Claude Bouillon | ... |
Commissaire Paul Valentin
(36 episodes, 1974-1983)
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Jean-Paul Tribout | ... |
L'inspecteur Pujol
(36 episodes, 1974-1983)
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Pierre Maguelon | ... |
L'inspecteur Terrasson
(36 episodes, 1974-1983)
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François Maistre | ... |
Faivre, le patron
(24 episodes, 1974-1978)
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Language:
FrenchRelease Date:
21 December 1974 (France) See more »Also Known As:
Mit Rose und Revolver See more »Company Credits
Production Co:
Antenne-2, Bayerischer Rundfunk (BR), Office de Radiodiffusion Télévision Française (ORTF) See more »
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Sung by Marion Game
Music by Claude Bolling
Lyrics by Franck Gérald
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A 7th season was written but never shot because of management changes inside French public network Antenne 2. See more »Soundtracks
"La dame Duplantin"Sung by Marion Game
Music by Claude Bolling
Lyrics by Franck Gérald
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The charm of this series comes from the earl 20th century atmosphere. It's quite a change when you're used to those contemporary series in big cities with the usual sets for most scenes. In paved streets, with all those men wearing a mustache and a hat or a cap, cars are not a commonplace nuisance but simply curiosities.
The screenplays focus on true cases by the time the French police were beginning to have cars - the first Mobile Squad aka the Tiger Brigades as Clemenceau, Home Secretary by then, was named "The Tiger" for being untractable on any political issue. The prolog/epilogue voice-over helps to settle this atmosphere and the three officers easily become congenial while practicing French boxing (savate) in white underwear (look like Alex and some gentle droogs), tailing a suspect or being summoned to their irritated patron's office.
It's always a pleasure to hear Pierre Maguelon with his singing Provence accent call his superior "Valentin!" and to watch a slow-paced car chase after the engines have been cranked. To put it in a nutshell, an original idea with charming old-fashioned images and some humor.