Overview
When the local police inspector was found dead in a prostitute's house, police division commissioner Stan Borowitz is sent to investigate the situation. Posing as the prostitute's long-lost brother "Antonio Cerruti," he discovers a mare's nest of police corruption. In fact, in this comedy thriller the whole town is corrupt. If they were closely examined, Stan's methods for pursuing this investigation might embarrass the police. For instance, he drives into a criminal's house in a fancy, expensive race car. In another incident, he callously blows up a casino owned by Musard , one of the town's crime bosses. On that occasion, he first forces Musard to remove his clothes, and the poor criminal watches his casino explode from across the square while standing naked in a phone booth. Meanwhile, Stan seduces the lovely Edmonde.
Cast
- Jean-Paul Belmondo as Divisional Commissioner Stanislas Borovitz / Antonio Cerutti
- Georges Géret as Théodore Musard Aka 'L'Auvergnat'
- Claude Brosset as Achille Volfoni, Aka 'Le Corse'
- Jean-François Balmer as Inspector Georges Massard
- Tony Kendall as Inspector Rey
- Michel Beaune as Marcel Langlois
- Catherine Lachens as Mrs. Simone Langlois
- Julie Jézéquel as Charlotte
- Michel Galabru as Commissioner Grimaud
- Juliette Mills as Mrs. Bertrand, Widow of Commissioner Bertrand