There Once Was a Cop

1h 35min

Crime

Comedy

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.

Production Companies

Gaumont International

Rizzoli Film

Cast

Michael Lonsdale

Michael Lonsdale

Commissioner Lucas
Michel Constantin

Michel Constantin

Commissioner Campana alias Louis Lopez
Mireille Darc

Mireille Darc

Christine alias Françoise
Robert Dalban

Robert Dalban

Commissioner Chauvet, Superintendent in Nice
Venantino Venantini

Venantino Venantini

Felice, killer
Hervé Hillien

Hervé Hillien

Bertrand, Christine's son
Henri Guybet

Henri Guybet

PJ inspector
Robert Castel

Robert Castel

Rodriguez, Manoni's man
Giuliano Esperanti

Giuliano Esperanti

Second killer
Charles Southwood

Charles Southwood

Narcotic Bureau agent
Dado Crostarosa

Dado Crostarosa

One of the two young Portuguese
Jean Luisi

Jean Luisi

Second taxi driver
Fransined

Fransined

First taxi driver
Phyllis Major

Phyllis Major

Marianne Halifax
Ghislain Oyac

Ghislain Oyac

Manoni's secretary
Charly Bertoni

Charly Bertoni

Narcotic Bureau agent
Henri Cogan

Henri Cogan

Jeannot, Manoni's man (uncredited)
Alain Delon

Alain Delon

Man looking for Rodriguez (uncredited)
Pier Paolo Capponi

Pier Paolo Capponi

Ugo (uncredited)

Release date

11th Feb 1972

Status

Released

Spoken languages

Français, Italiano