Pour la peau d'un flic (1981)

User Rating:

6.3/10   

Director:

Alain Delon

Writers:

Jean-Patrick Manchette (novel)
Alain Delon (scenario & adaptation) ...

Release Date:

9 September 1981 (France)

Genre:

Action | Crime | Romance | Thriller

Plot Keywords:

Based On Novel

Cast

Alain Delon	...	Choucas
Anne Parillaud	...	Charlotte
Daniel Ceccaldi	...	Coccioli
Jean-Pierre Darras	...	Commissaire Chauffard
Xavier Depraz	...	Kasper
Jacques Rispal	...	Professeur Bachhoffer
Gérard Hérold	...	Pradier (as Gerard Herold)
Pierre Belot	...	Jude, le pharmacien
Annick Alane	...	Isabelle Pigot
Pascale Roberts	...	Renée Mouzon
Jean Barney	...	Le premier ricaneur
Etienne Chicot	...	Le second ricaneur
Willy Holt	...	L'homme qui a tué Fanch Tanguy
Michel Auclair	...	Haymann
Michel Berreur	...	Pérez

Also Known As:

For a Cop's Hide
Whirlpool

Runtime:

105 min | Hungary:110 min | Hong Kong:115 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

France:-12 | Norway:16 (1982) | Germany:16

Company:

Adel Productions

Trivia:

Dedicated by Alain Delon to "J-P M.", aka director Jean-Pierre Melville.

Movie Connections:

References The Big Sky (1952)

Soundtrack:

Bensonhurst Blues

Fast paced and unexpectedly funny crime drama

Despite some extreme violence (shootings at close range, rape of one of the main characters), there is a surprising amount of humor in this picture. I wonder if this was Delon's way of moving away from the sometimes humorless approach taken in his films with J-P Melville. It also features a nice performance by a very young Anne Parillaud.