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The Defective Detective
Before they flunked the Police Academy. Before Eddie Murphy heard of Beverly Hills . . . there was the DEFECTIVE DETECTIVE!
Lewis plays a Las Vegas policeman visiting his ex-wife in France, only to be caught up in the shenanigans of a group of art thieves. His ex-wife has remarried and her husband is undercover among the art thieves, carrying out an assignment given him by his superiors in the police force. Inevitably, the current husband and the ex-husband are bound to clash.
Cast
- Jerry Lewis as Jerry Logan
- Michel Blanc as Laurent Martin
- Charlotte de Turckheim as Marie-Christine Martin
- Michel Peyrelon as Franz
- Gérard Hérold as Jean-Benoît
- Laura Betti as Carlotta Batticelli
- Philippe Castelli as Brigadier
- Mylène Demongeot as Woman on the bench
- Bernard Charlan as Duty officer
- Jacques Legras as Orchestra conductor
- Max Montavon as Stage manager of the opera
- Pierre Olaf as Naked German inspector
Details
- Director
- Michel Gérard
- Released
- January 11, 1984
- Runtime
- 1h 26m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Studio
- Coline, Imacité and TF1 Films Production
- Status
- Released
- TMDB score
- 7.2 / 10 from 2 votes
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