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Detective(1985)
Status: Released
Date: 1985-08-23
52%
64 Votes
Time: 1h 35m
A woman, two men, a love story, a murder, a boxing-match, the mafia...
Overview:
Emile Chenal and his wife, Françoise, leaned on boxing manager Jim Fox Warner to cough up the considerable sum of money that he owes them, with both the police and the mob circling the situation. In the same hotel, Inspector Neveu looks into a murder that took place years before, and his storyline overlaps with the arc of the Chenals.
Languages: French, English, Italian.
Countries:
France,
Switzerland
ProductionCompanies:
Sara Films
JLG Films
Movie: Detective
Top 10 Billed Cast
Laurent Terzieff
William Prospero
Aurelle Doazan
Arielle
Jean-Pierre Léaud
Inspector Neveu
Claude Brasseur
Emile Chenal
Johnny Hallyday
Jim Fox Warner
Nathalie Baye
Françoise Chenal
Alain Cuny
Old Mafioso
Emmanuelle Seigner
Princess of the Bahamas
Julie Delpy
Wise Young Girl
Ann-Gisel Glass
Anne
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