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Detective

Original title: Détective
  • 19851985
  • UnratedUnrated
  • 1h 35m
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5.7/10
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Nathalie Baye, Johnny Hallyday, and Claude Brasseur in Detective (1985)
ComedyCrimeDrama
At a Paris hotel, a hotel detective fired after a murder there, is still investigating helped by his inspector nephew and girlfriend. A boxing manager, owing money to a couple and the mafia,... Read allAt a Paris hotel, a hotel detective fired after a murder there, is still investigating helped by his inspector nephew and girlfriend. A boxing manager, owing money to a couple and the mafia, rides on a match next day.At a Paris hotel, a hotel detective fired after a murder there, is still investigating helped by his inspector nephew and girlfriend. A boxing manager, owing money to a couple and the mafia, rides on a match next day.
IMDb RATING
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2.2K
YOUR RATING
    • Jean-Luc Godard
  • Writers
    • Alain Sarde(screenplay)
    • Philippe Setbon(screenplay)
    • Jean-Luc Godard(adaptation)
  • Stars
    • Laurent Terzieff
    • Aurelle Doazan
    • Jean-Pierre Léaud
    • Jean-Luc Godard
  • Writers
    • Alain Sarde(screenplay)
    • Philippe Setbon(screenplay)
    • Jean-Luc Godard(adaptation)
  • Stars
    • Laurent Terzieff
    • Aurelle Doazan
    • Jean-Pierre Léaud
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    • 17User reviews
    • 15Critic reviews
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    Aurelle Doazan and Laurent Terzieff in Detective (1985)
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    Laurent Terzieff
    Laurent Terzieff
    • William Prospero
    Aurelle Doazan
    • Arielle
    Jean-Pierre Léaud
    Jean-Pierre Léaud
    • Inspector Neveu
    Nathalie Baye
    Nathalie Baye
    • Françoise Chenal
    Claude Brasseur
    Claude Brasseur
    • Emile Chenal
    Johnny Hallyday
    Johnny Hallyday
    • Jim Fox Warner
    Alain Cuny
    Alain Cuny
    • Old Mafioso
    Xavier Saint-Macary
    • Accountant
    Pierre Bertin
    • Young Son
    Alexandra Garijo
    • Young Daughter
    Stéphane Ferrara
    • Tiger Jones
    Emmanuelle Seigner
    Emmanuelle Seigner
    • Princess of the Bahamas
    Eugène Berthier
    • Old manager
    Julie Delpy
    Julie Delpy
    • Wise young girl
    Cyrille Dajinckourt
    • La fille
    Ann-Gisel Glass
    • Anne
    • (as Ann Gisel)
    Cyrille Autin
    Cyrille Autin
    • Punk Groupie
    • (uncredited)
    Erich von Stroheim
    Erich von Stroheim
    • Arthur von Furst
    • (archive footage)
    • (uncredited)
      • Jean-Luc Godard
    • Writers
      • Alain Sarde(screenplay) (adaptation) (dialogue)
      • Philippe Setbon(screenplay) (adaptation) (dialogue)
      • Jean-Luc Godard(adaptation)
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    • Trivia
      Jean-Luc Godard dedicated the film to John Cassavetes, Edgar G. Ulmer and Clint Eastwood.
    • Quotes

      Old Mafioso: Have you noticed that there are two kinds of men? Those who have a clean cock, and wash their hands before pissing so as not to dirty it, and those who have a dirty cock, which they touch while pissing and get their hands dirty, which they wash afterwards.

    • Connections
      Edited into Histoire(s) du cinéma: Une histoire seule (1989)
    • Soundtracks
      Symphony in b minor, No.8, D.759, 'Unfinished', 1st movement : Allegro moderato
      Music by Franz Schubert

      (music title uncredited)

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    6/10
    Overpopulated crime puzzle
    Typical for its director, this overpopulated crime puzzle is made with brilliant style and has its moments of miniature intellectual insights and wit and is never boring, but on this occasion doesn't quite add up.
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    • May 11, 2022

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    • Release date
      • August 23, 1985 (United States)
      • Switzerland
      • France
      • French
      • English
      • Italian
    • Also known as
      • Hôtel Concorde Saint-Lazare, Paris 8, Paris, France
    • Production companies
      • JLG Films
      • Sara Films
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    Technical specs

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    • 1 hour 35 minutes
      • Color
      • Dolby

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