Paris, 1938. In a lavishly decorated nightclub, couples dance the syncopated rhythms of Latin America: Rumba, Cucaracha, Tango, and also the Charleston, Foxtrot and Boston. Among beautiful women, local pimps and Mussolini's spies brush each other on the dance floor, and in the streets. A police inspector is charged with a difficult task, to clean-up the city streets - just when bodies start falling around, as the Mafia and the spies tend each other deadly traps.
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Roger Hanin
Beppo Manzoni
Known for
Breathless
The Big Pardon
Michel Piccoli
Damien Malleville
Known for
We Have a Pope
Contempt
Niels Arestrup
Detaix
Known for
A Prophet
War Horse
Patachou
Meyrals
Known for
Belphegor, Phantom of the Louvre
Pola X
Lino Ventura
un caïd
Known for
Army of Shadows
Crooks in Clover
Guy Marchand
Ma pomme
Known for
Les Sous-Doués En Vacances
Looking for Teddy
Corinne Touzet
Regina Berluzzi
Known for
Tomorrow Is Ours
Bruno Pradal
Teddy Malakian
Known for
To Die of Love
Some Too Quiet Gentlemen
Jean-Pierre Castaldi
Mario Toselli
Known for
Asterix and Obelix Take On Caesar
Moonraker
Sam Karmann
Antoine
Known for
Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy
Kitchen with Apartment
Kerstin Birde
Charlotte (as Kirsten Birch)
Also in
Skånska mord - Hurvamorden
Little Pig Is Flying
Anna-Gaêl Bachellier
Ingrid
No other roles listed
Roger Hanin Director · Jean Curtelin Screenplay Claude Bolling Composer
First release February 18, 1987 · Produced in France · Production Progéfi, TF1 Films Production
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Hachette Première
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Progéfi
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TF1 Films Production
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France
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French
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French
Release dates
France · February 18, 1987
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No release date listed for United States.
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