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The Defective Detective (1984) | Slate

The Defective Detective

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The Defective Detective

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Rated 7.2 on TMDB

The Defective Detective

Retenez-moi... ou je fais un malheur !

Before they flunked the Police Academy. Before Eddie Murphy heard of Beverly Hills . . . there was the DEFECTIVE DETECTIVE!

Lewis plays a Las Vegas policeman visiting his ex-wife in France, only to be caught up in the shenanigans of a group of art thieves. His ex-wife has remarried and her husband is undercover among the art thieves, carrying out an assignment given him by his superiors in the police force. Inevitably, the current husband and the ex-husband are bound to clash.

Released: 1984
Runtime: 1h 26m
Genres: Comedy
Country: France
Language: French

Direction and writing

Michel GérardDirector, Screenplay, Adaptation, Dialogue

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David MilhaudAdaptation

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Cast

Jerry LewisJerry Logan
Michel BlancLaurent Martin
Charlotte de TurckheimMarie-Christine Martin

Michel PeyrelonFranz
Gérard HéroldJean-Benoît
Laura BettiCarlotta Batticelli
Philippe CastelliBrigadier
Mylène DemongeotWoman on the bench

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