Death of a Corrupt Man (1977) on Netflix
Deputy Philippe Dubaye wakes his old friend Xavier Maréchal at night and confesses to killing Serrano, a racketeer who held proof of his corrupt dealings. Xavier hides the notebook.
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Plot summary
Deputy Philippe Dubaye comes to his old friend Xavier Maréchal's home late at night and says he has killed Serrano, a racketeer whose political connections ran deep and who had been pressing him to resign. Serrano held a notebook recording corrupt acts by public figures, and Dubaye took it. Xavier agrees to help and hides the dossier in a station locker at La Défense. He also meets Valérie Agostinelli, Dubaye's former mistress. Word of the notebook spreads, and politicians, businessmen, go-betweens and the police all press Xavier to hand it over, through persuasion, bribes and a search of his apartment.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Death of a Corrupt Man (1977)
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- Stan Getz's saxophone playing on the score so impressed director Georges Lautner that he found a way to put the musician on screen: Getz was filmed performing the opening theme, "Paris, Cinq Heures du Matin", solo, and his silhouette appears during the film's opening credits.
- Composer Philippe Sarde, who closely followed the editing process, suggested they needed a strong soloist, preferably a tenor saxophone player, to serve as a musical counterpart to Alain Delon's famous good looks. Being a perfectionist, he opted for Stan Getz.
