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There Once Was a Cop

1972 · 95 min

A breezy, amiable crime caper that coasts on charm and light comic mishaps rather than tension.

Overview: 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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Tone: lightstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: crime
deception
identity
family
loyalty
Places: big city
single country house
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Scales, 0 to 10
Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	5
Horror	1
Humour	6
Realism	5
Romance	3
Tension	4
Darkness	3
Complexity	3
Emotional weight	3

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Genres: crime, comedy
Directed by: Georges Lautner
Written by: Georges Lautner, Francis Veber
Starring: Michael Lonsdale, Michel Constantin, Mireille Darc, Robert Dalban, Daniel Ivernel, Venantino Venantini, Hervé Hillien, Henri Guybet
Music: Eddie Vartan
Cinematography: Maurice Fellous
Runtime: 95 min
Country: France
Languages: French, Italian

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