Cop or Hood

Status:
Released
Production:
Gaumont
Aired:
1979-03-28
Cop or Hood
When the local police inspector was found dead in a prostitute's house, police division commissioner Stan Borowitz is sent to investigate the situation. Posing as the prostitute's long-lost brother "Antonio Cerruti," he discovers a mare's nest of police corruption. In fact, in this comedy thriller the whole town is corrupt. If they were closely examined, Stan's methods for pursuing this investigation might embarrass the police. For instance, he drives into a criminal's house in a fancy, expensive race car. In another incident, he callously blows up a casino owned by Musard , one of the town's crime bosses. On that occasion, he first forces Musard to remove his clothes, and the poor criminal watches his casino explode from across the square while standing naked in a phone booth. Meanwhile, Stan seduces the lovely Edmonde.
Comedy
Crime
Thriller
Characters

Jean-Paul Belmondo
Divisional commissioner Stanislas Borovitz / Antonio Cerutti

Georges Géret
Théodore Musard aka 'L'Auvergnat'

Claude Brosset
Achille Volfoni, aka 'Le Corse'

Jean-François Balmer
Inspector Georges Massard

Tony Kendall
Inspector Rey

Michel Beaune
Marcel Langlois

Catherine Lachens
Mrs. Simone Langlois

Julie Jézéquel
Charlotte

Michel Galabru
Commissioner Grimaud

Juliette Mills
Mrs. Bertrand, widow of commissioner Bertrand

Venantino Venantini
Mario, shot of 'L'Auvergnat'

Charles Gérard
Cazauban

Marie Laforêt
Edmonde Puget-Rostand

Michel Peyrelon
Camille, businessman from 'L'Auvergnat'

Philippe Castelli
Driving license inspector

Marc Lamole
Deputy public prosecutor

Nicolas Vogel
Marcel Gaston

Mireille Orsini
Mrs. Cerutti

Patrick Rocca
Director of the Casino
Bernard Fontaine
Fence
José Gonel
Old man
Michèle Jacquetty
Campsite girl

Henri Attal
Head of transmission
Henri Dugène
Thug
Jacques Lejeune
Louis
Maite Masson
Motel prostitute
Antoine Mazelli
Decorator of Théodore Musart

René Tramoni
Thug

Maurice Auzel
Policeman from commissioner Grimaud

Alfred Baillou
Hotel receptionist (uncredited)

Erick Desmarestz
Deputy of the substitute (uncredited)