Movie: Polar

Top 5 Billed Cast

Jean-François Balmer
Jean-François Balmer

Eugène Tarpon

Sandra Montaigu
Sandra Montaigu

Charlotte Le Dantex

Pierre Santini
Pierre Santini

Coccioli

Roland Dubillard
Roland Dubillard

Jean-Baptiste Haymann

Claude Chabrol
Claude Chabrol

Théodore Lyssenko

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    This film noir tends to stay within very conventional plot lines, as the narration by the main protagonist, private detective Eugene Tarpon Jean-François Balmer, recites a dreary litany of how he wanted to chuck his profession until an attractive woman shows up asking him to investigate the murder of her roommate, a porno star. Soon Tarpon is up to his neck in trouble: the police, gangsters, and the victim's lover are all out to get him.

  • Release Date

    1984-03-21

  • Average

    5.4

  • Rating:

    2.7 starts
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    Français
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