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There Once Was a Cop

Original title: Il était une fois un flic...

★ 6.1 TMDB Rating · 51 votes

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.

Director
Georges Lautner
Release date
Feb 11, 1972
Original language
French
Origin
France

Cast of There Once Was a Cop

  • Portrait of Michael Lonsdale

    Michael Lonsdale

    Commissioner Lucas

  • Portrait of Michel Constantin

    Michel Constantin

    Commissioner Campana alias Louis Lopez

  • Portrait of Mireille Darc

    Mireille Darc

    Christine alias Françoise

  • Portrait of Robert Dalban

    Robert Dalban

    Commissioner Chauvet, Superintendent in Nice

  • Portrait of Daniel Ivernel

    Daniel Ivernel

    Ligmann

  • Portrait of Venantino Venantini

    Venantino Venantini

    Felice, killer

  • Portrait of Hervé Hillien

    Hervé Hillien

    Bertrand, Christine's son

  • Portrait of Henri Guybet

    Henri Guybet

    PJ inspector

  • Portrait of Robert Castel

    Robert Castel

    Rodriguez, Manoni's man

  • Portrait of Giuliano Esperanti

    Giuliano Esperanti

    Second killer

  • Portrait of Jean-Jacques Moreau

    Jean-Jacques Moreau

    PJ inspector

  • Portrait of Charles Southwood

    Charles Southwood

    Narcotic Bureau agent

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