This film noir tends to stay within very conventional plot lines, as the narration by the main protagonist, private detective Eugene Tarpon Jean-François Balmer, recites a dreary litany of how he wanted to chuck his profession until an attractive woman shows up asking him to investigate the murder of her roommate, a porno star. Soon Tarpon is up to his neck in trouble: the police, gangsters, and the victim's lover are all out to get him.
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Jean-François Balmer
Eugène Tarpon
Known for
In the House
Madame Bovary
Sandra Montaigu
Charlotte Le Dantex
Known for
A Bad Son
Pierre Santini
Coccioli
Known for
Innocents with Dirty Hands
Roland Dubillard
Jean-Baptiste Haymann
Known for
The Night Caller
Mad Love
Claude Chabrol
Théodore Lyssenko
Known for
The Day of the Crows
Gainsbourg: A Heroic Life
Jacques Bral Director · Jean-Patrick Manchette Author
First release March 21, 1984 · Produced in France · Production France•3
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Les Films Noirs
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France•3
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France
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French
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French
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France · March 21, 1984
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