There Once Was a Cop
Campana, a commissar at the drugs bureau of Paris police gets an undercover job in Nice to catch an Italian-French mafia boss. As he slips into the identity of a gangster's brother, who was already killed, he has to play the role of a loving husband with child - something that is not so easy for a confirmed single like Campana. Unfortunately American killers chase behind the Nice mafia clan too, in order to get control of French drug trades to USA.
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There Once Was a Cop
- Overview
- Cast
- Crew
- Recommendations
Status
Released
Release Date
Feb 11, 1972
Runtime
1h 35m
Genres
Crime, Comedy
User Score
61%
Original Title
Il était une fois un flic...
Production Companies
Gaumont International, Rizzoli Film
Director
Georges Lautner
Description
Campana, a commissar at the drugs bureau of Paris police gets an undercover job in Nice to catch an Italian-French mafia boss. As he slips into the identity of a gangster's brother, who was already killed, he has to play the role of a loving husband with child - something that is not so easy for a confirmed single like Campana. Unfortunately American killers chase behind the Nice mafia clan too, in order to get control of French drug trades to USA.