There Once Was a Cop
6.2
Campana, a commissar at the drugs bureau of Paris police gets an undercover job in Nice to catch an Italian-French mafia boss. As he slips into the identity of a gangster's brother, who was already killed, he has to play the role of a loving husband with child - something that is not so easy for a confirmed single like Campana. Unfortunately American killers chase behind the Nice mafia clan too, in order to get control of French drug trades to USA.
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Cast
27 people
Michael Lonsdale
Commissioner Lucas
Known for
Moonraker
The Name of the Rose
Michel Constantin
Commissioner Campana alias Louis Lopez
Known for
Le Trou
The Vultures
Mireille Darc
Christine alias Françoise
Known for
Weekend
The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
Robert Dalban
Commissioner Chauvet, Superintendent in Nice
Known for
Fantomas
Crooks in Clover
Daniel Ivernel
Ligmann
Known for
Borsalino and Co.
Ulysses
Venantino Venantini
Felice, killer
Known for
The Sucker
The Restaurant
Hervé Hillien
Bertrand, Christine's son
Also in
These Sorcerers Are Mad
Henri Guybet
PJ inspector
Known for
The Seventh Company Has Been Found
The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
Robert Castel
Rodriguez, Manoni's man
Known for
The Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe
Too Shy to Try
Giuliano Esperanti
Second killer
Also in
They Have Changed Their Face
Violent Rome
Jean-Jacques Moreau
PJ inspector
Known for
The Discord
Diva
Charles Southwood
Narcotic Bureau agent
Known for
Some Too Quiet Gentlemen
Documenteur
Georges Lautner Director · Francis Veber Screenplay Richard Caron Author
First release February 11, 1972 · Produced in France · Languages French, Italian
Production
Gaumont International
Production
Rizzoli Film
Production
Rizzoli Film S.p.a.
Production
France
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Il était une fois un flic...
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
French · Italian
Release dates
France · February 11, 1972
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Argentina
August 10, 1972 · Theatrical
Denmark
August 8, 1972 · Theatrical
Finland
September 15, 1972 · Theatrical
Germany
September 22, 1972 · Theatrical · West Germany
Hungary
May 2, 1974 · Theatrical
Italy
June 15, 1972 · Theatrical
Norway
January 18, 1973 · Theatrical
Poland
December 1, 1973 · Theatrical
Romania
October 25, 1972 · Theatrical
Spain
July 15, 1974 · Limited theatrical · Barcelona
Sweden
July 16, 1972 · Theatrical
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