Cop or Hood

Flic ou Voyou

1979·107'

Georges Lautner

CrimeThrillerComedy

★ 6.3

Letterboxd TMDB #40420

When the local police inspector was found dead in a prostitute's house, police division commissioner Stan Borowitz is sent to investigate the situation. Posing as the prostitute's long-lost brother "Antonio Cerruti," he discovers a mare's nest of police corruption. In fact, in this comedy thriller the whole town is corrupt. If they were closely examined, Stan's methods for pursuing this investigation might embarrass the police. For instance, he drives into a criminal's house in a fancy, expensive race car. In another incident, he callously blows up a casino owned by Musard , one of the town's crime bosses. On that occasion, he first forces Musard to remove his clothes, and the poor criminal watches his casino explode from across the square while standing naked in a phone booth. Meanwhile, Stan seduces the lovely Edmonde.

Cast

Jean-Paul Belmondo Divisional Commissioner Stanislas Borovitz / Antonio Cerutti

Georges Géret Théodore Musard Aka 'L'Auvergnat'

Claude Brosset Achille Volfoni, Aka 'Le Corse'

Jean-François Balmer Inspector Georges Massard

Tony Kendall Inspector Rey

Michel Beaune Marcel Langlois

Catherine Lachens Mrs. Simone Langlois

Julie Jézéquel Charlotte

Michel Galabru Commissioner Grimaud

Juliette Mills Mrs. Bertrand, Widow of Commissioner Bertrand

Venantino Venantini Mario, Shot of 'L'Auvergnat'

Charles Gérard Cazauban