Death of a Corrupt Man (1977)
Mort d'un pourri
123 min
In the middle of the night, 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...
- Release date
- December 7, 1977
- Country of origin
- France
- Music
- Philippe Sarde
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Trailer
Soundtrack
- Dans le regard d’Alain Deloninstrumental2:58
- Paris, cinq heures du matininstrumental3:08
- Valérieinstrumental3:44
- Getz O Maniainstrumental3:11
- Montparnasseinstrumental3:41
- Un homme dans la villeinstrumental2:27
- En souvenir de Mauriceinstrumental4:30
- Mort d’un pourriinstrumental5:33
- Les Aveuxinstrumental2:41
- Élysée‐Matignoninstrumental4:44
- Solitudeinstrumental2:08
- Tout est tranquilleinstrumental3:45
Cast
- Alain Delon as Xavier 'Xav' Maréchal
- Ornella Muti as Valérie
- Stéphane Audran as Christiane
- Jean Bouise as Commissaire Pernais
- Mireille Darc as Françoise
- Michel Aumont as Commissaire Moreau
- Julien Guiomar as Fondari
- Maurice Ronet as Philippe Dubaye
- Klaus Kinski as Nicolas Tomski
- Daniel Ceccaldi as Lucien Lacor
- François Chaumette as Lansac
- Xavier Depraz as Marcel
- Henri Virlojeux as Paul
- Colette Duval as Serrano's secretary
- Abderrahmane El Kebir as Kébir
- Gérard Hérold as Dupaire
- Charles Moulin as Serrano
- Roger Muni as The stolen gentleman
- Émile Riandreys as Morgue employee
- Carole Achache as Locker room girl
- Jean Berger as Brumaire (uncredited)
- Philippe Castelli as Tobacconist (uncredited)
- Jean-Paul Denizon as (uncredited)
- Arlette Emmery as Switchboard operator (uncredited)
- Catherine Lachens as (uncredited)
- Charles Millot as Henchman, Marcel's deputy (uncredited)
- Michel Ruhl as (uncredited)
Crew
- Georges Lautner · Director
- Jean Laborde · Writer
- Michel Audiard · Writer
- Alain Delon · Producer
- Philippe Sarde · Composer
- Henri Decaë · Cinematographer
- Michelle David · Editor
- Anita Benoist · Casting director