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The Defective Detective

The Defective Detective

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Status

Released

Release Date

Oct 31, 1984

Runtime

1h 26m

Genres

Comedy

User Score

75%

Original Title

Retenez-moi... ou je fais un malheur !

Production Companies

Coline, Gaumont, Imacité

Director

Michel Gérard

Description

Lewis plays a Las Vegas policeman visiting his ex-wife in France, only to be caught up in the shenanigans of a group of art thieves. His ex-wife has remarried and her husband is undercover among the art thieves, carrying out an assignment given him by his superiors in the police force. Inevitably, the current husband and the ex-husband are bound to clash.