Create successful ePaper yourself
Turn your PDF publications into a flip-book with our unique Google optimized e-Paper software.
. . Three<br />
FEATURE REVIEWS Story Synopsis; Exploitips; Adiines for Newspapers and Programs<br />
THE STORY: "The French Detective" (Quartet)<br />
In Rouen. \'eteran police inspector Lino Ventura and<br />
his youthful assistant Patrick Dewaere investigate an n;i<br />
elderly man's death at madame Francoise Brion's estab- Soda<br />
^"''<br />
lishment. She tells them not to cause her any trouble<br />
because she has very high connections. A goon squad working<br />
for city councilman Victor Lanoux beats up campaign<br />
workers for Lanoux's political opponent and a youth is<br />
killed. One of the goons fatally shoots a police detective<br />
who identifies his assailant before dying. Chief inspector<br />
Julien Guiomar, under pressure from the powerful Lanoux.<br />
transfers Ventm-a to a post in Montpellier after<br />
Ventm-a allows Jean Cannet (father of the dead youth<br />
to denounce Lanoux while holding hostages at City Hall.<br />
To delay Ventui-a's transfer, the wild but dedicated Dewaere<br />
frames a bribery charge by Brion. Ventura is able<br />
to close ni on the killer, who has stolen Lanoux's secret<br />
records, by using the killer's wife as a lure and withholding<br />
news of her death. When Lanoux is taken hostage<br />
and the killer asks to negotiate with Ventm-a, the latter<br />
answers by saying he's left for Montpellier.<br />
EXPLOITIPS:<br />
The fibn opened in New York to very favorable reviews,<br />
one critic calling it the first good film of '79.<br />
CATCHLINES:<br />
To Be a Good Cop, You Don't Have to Play Dii'ty—But<br />
It Helps . Top French Stars in One of the Best<br />
Thrillers in a Long Time.
Change language