The French Detective (1975) on Netflix
During an election in Rouen, thugs kill a volunteer and a policeman. The dying officer names Portor as the killer. Chief inspector Verjeat pursues Portor and the councilman Lardatte.
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Plot summary
Two detectives in Rouen, the veteran Verjeat and the younger Lefèvre, are assigned to gather evidence against a corrupt politician. An election fight between rival supporters leaves a volunteer and a policeman dead, and the officer names Portor, a known thug whose brother campaigns for the law and order candidate Lardatte, as the killer. Verjeat regards the politician who hired the thugs as guilty as the killer himself. He pursues Portor while needling Lardatte, and his superiors warn him off. A transfer outside Rouen is set for a week's time.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The French Detective (1975)
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- Lino Ventura objected to the script's scene in which his character Verjeat accepts gifts from a woman, repeatedly telling writer Jean Laborde "Lino doesn't get bought by a whore"; Francis Veber rewrote it, later saying he had to do "acrobatics to keep Lino honest".
