The French Detective (1979)

When political thugs murder an opponents volunteer and also kill a cop chief inspector Verjeat believes the politician who hired them is as guilty as the murderous goon Verjeats pursuit of the councilman Lardatte gets him a warning from his superiors When he embarrasses Lardatte while disarming a hostage the dead volunteers father Verjeat is told hes being transferred within a week He speeds up his hunt for the goon and with Lefévre one of his young detectives he engineers a complicated scheme to buy more time before the transfer How should Verjeat play out his values of honor and duty