Novak is a police inspector to whom any means is fair in getting evidence on criminals - especially drug dealers. He is after a drug ring that includes a city official and desperately needs...
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Title: Une sale affaire (1981)
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| Marlène Jobert | ... | Hélène | |
| Victor Lanoux | ... | Novak | |
| Patrick Bouchitey | ... | Dunoyer | |
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Agnès Château | ... | Julia |
| Etienne Chicot | ... | Florian | |
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Bernard Crombey | ... | Bernard (as Bernard Crommbe) |
| Christopher Lambert | ... | Mullard (as Christophe Lambert) | |
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Jean-Paul Tribout | ... | Doudou |
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Nicolas Vogel | ... | Alioti |
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Amandine Rajau | ... | Lola |
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Jacques Brylant | ... | (as Jacques Bryland) |
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Marie Garcin | ||
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Jacques Giraud | ||
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Tomas Hnevsa | ... | (as Tomas Hensva) |
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Pierre Hossein | ||
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Novak is a police inspector to whom any means is fair in getting evidence on criminals - especially drug dealers. He is after a drug ring that includes a city official and desperately needs evidence to bring the corrupt politician to trial, and to close down the ring. Written by morroviolet
I had not watched this little French crime drama since several decades and I really appreciated to discover it again. This is a film hesitating between drama and crime atmosphere; you have action sequences, very bleak, gritty, brutal, scene for which you are not necessarily prepared, and then a character study concerning the relationship between the cop and the city hall clerk. This is an overall gloomy film, with a superb jazzy score, a sort of tribute to the American film noir. This is somewhere a strange film that may surprise you. However this is not a masterpiece, only a rather gripping feature which can leave you a bitter taste in the mouth.