The read
It runs a compact 1h 14m.
Synopsis
A bus conductor gets dressed for work in the morning, goes to the toilet, where he is killed by a bomb. The Commissioner and his fat, bumbling assistant, Inspector Charbonnier are put on the case. After interviewing friends, wives, colleagues, and spying on strangers who might be connected, our heroes trace the assassin down to a mental institution where, it seems, the murder victim has been an inmate for the last three years...
Ratings
IMDb5.3/10
49 audience votes
Key crew
- Patrice LeconteDirector
- Paul MisrakiOriginal Music Composer
- GotlibWriter
Cast
- ColucheL'inspecteur Charbonnier
- Jean RochefortLe commissaire Pichard
- Roland DubillardGazul
- Danièle EvenouGwendoline
- Robert BerriRené
- Jean LuisiBarbocelli
- Billy BourbonJoseph Ordure
- Olga ValéryLa mère du médecin
- Robert DalbanL'entraîneur
- Virginie VignonOdette Jeandrin
- Jean-Pierre SentierLe psychiatre
- Ellen BahlMme Piazzorossicelli