Pour la peau d'un flic
Pour la peau d'un flic (English: For a Cop's Hide) is a 1981 French crime-thriller film starring and directed by Alain Delon. It was Delon's directorial debut.
Plot
Choucas, a former police detective, is commissioned by an elderly lady to investigate the disappearance of her blind daughter, Marthe. The lady is murdered. Assisted by retired commissioner Haymann, and by secretary Charlotte, investigator Choucas attempts to unravel the thread of a fraud involving various police services and drug traffickers. During the investigation Choucas is attacked in the apartment of the victim by a certain Pradier; he kills him but his accomplice manages to escape. Back home, Choucas escapes an ambush tended by a certain commissioner Madrier and kills him, with the result of ending up in the viewfinder not only of a mysterious gang, but also of the police.
Cast
- Alain Delon
- Anne Parillaud
- Annick Alane
- Brigitte Lahaie
- Claire Nadeau
- Daniel Ceccaldi
- Dominique Zardi
- Étienne Chicot
- Gérard Hérold
- Henri Attal
- Jacques Rispal
- Jean Barney
- Jean-Pierre Darras
- Max Desrau
- Michel Auclair
- Michel Berreur
- Mireille Darc
- Pascale Roberts
- Pascale Vital
- Philippe Castelli
- Willy Holt
- Xavier Depraz
More details
| author | Alain Delon Jean-Patrick Manchette |
|---|---|
| director | Alain Delon |
| editor | Michel Lewin |
| genre | crime thriller |
| keywords | attack drug trafficker elderly lady kidnap murder police commissioner police detective retire |
| musicBy | Oscar Benton Sidney Bechet |
| producer | Alain Delon |
| publisher | Europe 1 UGC Distribution |