

MovieCrimeComedy
There Once Was a Cop
6.1(52)19721h 35m
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
- Writers
- Georges Lautner,Francis Veber
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Cast

Michael Lonsdale
Commissioner Lucas

Michel Constantin
Commissioner Campana alias Louis Lopez

Mireille Darc
Christine alias Françoise

Robert Dalban
Commissioner Chauvet, Superintendent in Nice

Daniel Ivernel
Ligmann

Venantino Venantini
Felice, killer

Hervé Hillien
Bertrand, Christine's son

Henri Guybet
PJ inspector

Robert Castel
Rodriguez, Manoni's man

Giuliano Esperanti
Second killer

Jean-Jacques Moreau
PJ inspector

Charles Southwood
Narcotic Bureau agent

Dado Crostarosa
One of the two young Portuguese

Jean Luisi
Second taxi driver

Fransined
First taxi driver
Phyllis Major
Marianne Halifax
Ghislain Oyac
Manoni's secretary
Paul Clerici
Jeanne Costi
Daniel Auguste
Policeman
Pitsolu Dimitrius

Charly Bertoni
Narcotic Bureau agent
Hans Vervez
Henri Dugène
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Crew
Directing
- Georges LautnerDirector
- Claude VitalFirst Assistant Director
- Annie MaurelScript Supervisor
Writing
- Georges LautnerScreenplay
- Francis VeberScreenplay
- Richard CaronNovel
Production
- Alain PoiréProducer
Camera
- Maurice FellousDirector of Photography
Editing
- Michelle DavidEditor
Sound
- Eddie VartanOriginal Music Composer
- Louis HochetSound
Art
- Damien LanfranchiProduction Design
Costume & Make-Up
- Fernande HugiMakeup Artist