The Defective Detective
3.4
“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.
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Cast
35 people
Jerry Lewis
Jerry Logan
Known for
The King of Comedy
The Nutty Professor
Michel Blanc
Laurent Martin
Known for
French Fried Vacation 2
The Monster
Michel Gérard
Georges Chappedelaine
Charlotte de Turckheim
Marie-Christine Martin
Known for
La Croisière
Les Sous-Doués En Vacances
Michel Peyrelon
Franz
Known for
The Visitors
Going Places
Pierre Kalfon
Also in
Che Guevara, naissance d'un mythe
Gérard Hérold
Jean-Benoît
Known for
The Seventh Company Outdoors
My Father the Hero
David Milhaud
Laura Betti
Carlotta Batticelli
Known for
The Canterbury Tales
Theorem
Jean-François Navarre
Philippe Castelli
Brigadier
Known for
Crooks in Clover
Yoyo
Michel Gérard Director · Vladimir Cosma Composer Jean Monsigny Cinematographer
Worldwide gross $48M · First release January 11, 1984 · Produced in France
Box office
Worldwide gross
$48,000,000
Production
Coline
Production
Imacité
Production
TF1 Films Production
Production
Gaumont
Production · Distribution
Productions Marcel Dassault
Production
France
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Original title
Retenez-moi... ou je fais un malheur !
Original language
French
Spoken on screen
English · French · German
Release dates
France · January 11, 1984
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Finland
May 10, 1985 · Theatrical
France
October 31, 1984 · Theatrical
Germany
January 1, 1985 · video premiere
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