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About
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
Writers
Producer
Music
Studio
Gaumont International, Rizzoli Film
Original Title
Il était une fois un flic...
Original Language
French
Cast
Full credits →M
Michael Lonsdale
Commissioner Lucas
M
Michel Constantin
Commissioner Campana alias Louis Lopez
M
Mireille Darc
Christine alias Françoise
R
Robert Dalban
Commissioner Chauvet, Superintendent in Nice
D
Daniel Ivernel
Ligmann
V
Venantino Venantini
Felice, killer
H
Henri Guybet
PJ inspector
R
Robert Castel
Rodriguez, Manoni's man
G
Giuliano Esperanti
Second killer
J
Jean-Jacques Moreau
PJ inspector
C
Charles Southwood
Narcotic Bureau agent
D
Dado Crostarosa
One of the two young Portuguese
J
Jean Luisi
Second taxi driver
F
Fransined
First taxi driver
C
Charly Bertoni
Narcotic Bureau agent
H
Henri Cogan
Jeannot, Manoni's man (uncredited)
A
Alain Delon
Man looking for Rodriguez (uncredited)
P
Pier Paolo Capponi
Ugo (uncredited)
