The French Detective (1975)
Adieu poulet
91 min
When political thugs murder an opponent's volunteer and also kill a cop, chief inspector Verjeat believes the politician who hired them is as guilty as the murderous goon. Verjeat's pursuit of the councilman, Lardatte, gets him a warning from his superiors. When he embarrasses Lardatte while disarming a hostage (the dead volunteer's father), Verjeat is told he's being transferred within a week. He speeds up his hunt for the goon and, with Lefévre, one of his young detectives, he engineers a complicated scheme to buy more time before the transfer. How should Verjeat play out his values of honor and duty?
- Release date
- December 10, 1975
- Country of origin
- France
- Music
- Philippe Sarde
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Soundtrack
- Adieu Poulet (générique)instrumental1:40
- Les Poulets à l’hôpitalinstrumental2:40
- Adieu Poulet (générique fin)instrumental2:23
Cast
- Lino Ventura as Le commissaire Verjeat
- Patrick Dewaere as L'inspecteur Lefèvre
- Victor Lanoux as Pierre Lardatte
- Julien Guiomar as Le contrôleur général Ledoux
- Pierre Tornade as le commissaire Pignol
- Françoise Brion as Marthe Rigaux, la patronne du bordel
- Claude Rich as Le juge Delmesse
- Michel Peyrelon as Roger Portor
- Claude Brosset as Antoine Portor
- Gérard Hérold as l'inspecteur Moitrié
- Gérard Dessalles as Inspector Ransac
- Jacques Rispal as Mr. Mercier, father of the young man killed
- Jean-Yves Gautier as Letellier
- Pierre Londiche as Jeanvier, informer with the dog
- Jacques Serres as Inspector Martin
- Christiane Tissot as Marie Portor
- Ève Francis as Old lady
- Michel Beaune as Inspector Dupuy
- Charles Dalin as Sergio
- Christine Laurent as Christine
- Henri Attal as Luigi
- Dominique Zardi as Man injured in the leg
- Lionel Vitrant as Gas station attendant
- Sylvie Matton as Nurse
- Eric Legrand as Jean Mercier
- Valérie Mairesse as Girl with the cockade
Crew
- Pierre Granier-Deferre · Director
- Jean Laborde · Writer
- Francis Veber · Writer
- Georges Dancigers · Producer
- Alexandre Mnouchkine · Producer
- Philippe Sarde · Composer
- Jean Collomb · Cinematographer
- Jean Ravel · Editor
- Maurice Sergent · Production designer