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The French Detective(Movie, 1975)

Original title: "Adieu Poulet" (French/FR)
1h 31min | Genres: Crime, Drama, Thriller
The French DetectiveRating: 3.4/5 (with 4242 votes)
The French Detective (French: Adieu poulet) is a 1975 French film directed by Pierre Granier-Deferre, and scripted by Francis Veber from the 1974 novel Adieu poulet ! by Raf Vallet. It received two César nominations for best supporting actor, and another for best editing. ()
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Awards & Nominations for The French Detective

César Award for Best Supporting Actor César Award for Best Editing

About The French Detective

When political thugs murder an opponent's volunteer and also kill a cop, chief inspector Verjeat believes the politician who hired them is as guilty as the murderous goon. Verjeat's pursuit of the councilman, Lardatte, gets him a warning from his superiors. When he embarrasses Lardatte while disarming a hostage (the dead volunteer's father), Verjeat is told he's 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?

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Additional Information

Production country: France
Plays in: Rouen
Original language: French (FR)
Spoken languages: French (FR)
Translated into 14 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Czech (CS), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Georgian (KA), Korean (KO), Russian (RU), Slovak (SK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date US: 03/11/1979 (World premiere: 12/10/1975)
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"Adieu poulet"
"Adeus, Bruto"
"Adieu Bulle"
"Ungleiches Duell"
"So Long Copper"
"O Skliros Timoros tou Ypokosmou"
"Ο Σκληρός Τιμωρός του Υποκόσμου"
"Powodzenia, stary"
"Adeus, Inspector!"
"Zbogom žaco"

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