One early morning deputy Philippe Dubaye wakes up his old friend Xavier Maréchal with disturbing news: he has just killed Serrano, a racketeer with extant political connections. Serrano ...
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Title: Death of a Corrupt Man (1977)
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| Alain Delon | ... | Xavier 'Xav' Maréchal | |
| Ornella Muti | ... | Valérie | |
| Stéphane Audran | ... | Christiane | |
| Mireille Darc | ... | Françoise | |
| Maurice Ronet | ... | Philippe Dubaye | |
| Michel Aumont | ... | Commissaire Moreau | |
| Jean Bouise | ... | Commissaire Pernais | |
| Daniel Ceccaldi | ... | Lucien Lacor | |
| Julien Guiomar | ... | Fondari | |
| Klaus Kinski | ... | Nicolas Tomski | |
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François Chaumette | ... | Lansac |
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Xavier Depraz | ... | Marcel |
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Henri Virlojeux | ... | Paul |
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Colette Duval | ... | La secrétaire de Serrano |
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Carole Lange | ... | La fille du vestiaire |
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One early morning deputy Philippe Dubaye wakes up his old friend Xavier Maréchal with disturbing news: he has just killed Serrano, a racketeer with extant political connections. Serrano kept proofs of Dubaye's involvement in corrupt dealings and was poised to use them against the deputy. Xavier readily agrees to cover up for his old pal Philippe, but he soon runs into difficulties. Nobody believes Dubaye's alibi. And everybody -- influential personalities, powerful businessmen, dubious go-betweens and the police -- wants to get hold of the documents that served to blackmail Dubaye; by all possible means. Written by Eduardo Casais <casaise@acm.org>
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Country:
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FrenchRelease Date:
7 December 1977 (France) See more »Also Known As:
The Twisted Detective See more »Company Credits
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Written by Philippe Sarde
Performed by London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Carlo Savina
Featuring Stan Getz (Saxophone), Andy LaVerne (Piano), Rick Laird (Bass), Billy Hart (Drums), Marcel Azzola (Bandonéon) and Efrain Toro (Percussion)
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In the car chase scene with Alain Delon and Ornella Muti being chased by the killers, the roads switch from soaking wet to bone dry between shots. See more »Soundtracks
Les CamionsWritten by Philippe Sarde
Performed by London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Carlo Savina
Featuring Stan Getz (Saxophone), Andy LaVerne (Piano), Rick Laird (Bass), Billy Hart (Drums), Marcel Azzola (Bandonéon) and Efrain Toro (Percussion)
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The doorbell rings twice, then Delon wake up, open the door where his friend a politician come in and tells him that committed a murder to takes a deadly files which was been blackmailed by an assistent having to kill him, that's the opening this fabulous french movie, besides those files contains several powerful politics of a high level of the government, bribery scandals unleashed many bodies along the way, an intricate net of corrupted politicians are in danger under those hot files, even reaching at state department which includes the Minister of justice himself, the police splited in two separate investigating were on relentless pursuit.
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