Dear Inspector
6.7
When Lise's car bumps Antoine's bike, they recognize each other from a brief fling 20 years before while at the Sorbonne. He's now a professor of Greek; she's loathe to tell him she's a police inspector. A call interrupts their first dinner date: a Deputy of the National Assembly has been murdered. She has a suspect, another Deputy, and must track him while deflecting Antoine's eye from her vocation. All roads in the inquiry lead to Christine Vallier, the dead Deputy's mistress, a beguiling 22-year-old whose mother ran the Assembly's snack bar. When more deputies die and Antoine learns Lise's identity, she must act quickly solve the crime and save her future.
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Part of Inspector Tanquerelle
2 films
Cast
32 people
Annie Girardot
Lise Tanquerelle
Known for
The Piano Teacher
Caché
Philippe Noiret
Antoine Lemercier
Known for
Cinema Paradiso
The Postman
Catherine Alric
Christine Vallier
Known for
Incorrigible
Hubert Deschamps
Charmille
Known for
The Under-Gifted
Zazie dans le Métro
Paulette Dubost
Mother
Known for
The Last Metro
The Rules of the Game
Roger Dumas
Marcel Guérin, l'inspecteur
Known for
The Count of Monte Cristo
Les Misérables
Raymond Gérôme
Head of Criminal Division
Known for
The Brain
The Magnificent One
Guy Marchand
Beretti
Known for
Les Sous-Doués En Vacances
Looking for Teddy
Simone Renant
Suzanne
Known for
Jenny Lamour
That Man from Rio
Georges Wilson
Alexandre Mignonac
Known for
Mesrine: Public Enemy #1
Tintin and the Mystery of the Golden Fleece
Monique Tarbès
Bathroom attendant
Known for
The Magnificent One
The Telephone Always Rings Twice
Henri Czarniak
L'inspecteur Cascard
Known for
Emmanuelle: The Joys of a Woman
The Legend of Frenchie King
Philippe de Broca Director · Michel Audiard Writer Jean-Paul Rouland Writer
United States release April 23, 1978 · Produced in France · Production Mondex Films
Production
Les Films Ariane
Production
Mondex Films
Production
France
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Tendre Poulet
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French
Release dates
France · January 18, 1978
Theatrical
United States · April 23, 1978
Theatrical
France
July 7, 2026 · Digital · France•tv
July 7, 2026 · TV · France•5
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