Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 107 min
- Language
- French
- Country
- France
- Frights
- Mild
Why tonight?
- In French — subtitles on.
The story
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.
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Jean-Paul Belmondo
Divisional Commissioner Stanislas Borovitz / Antonio Cerutti
Georges Géret
Théodore Musard Aka 'L'Auvergnat'
Claude Brosset
Achille Volfoni, Aka 'Le Corse'
Jean-François Balmer
Inspector Georges Massard
- Tony Kendall — Inspector Rey
- Michel Beaune — Marcel Langlois
- Catherine Lachens — Mrs. Simone Langlois
- Julie Jézéquel — Charlotte
- Michel Galabru — Commissioner Grimaud
- Juliette Mills — Mrs. Bertrand, Widow of Commissioner Bertrand
- Venantino Venantini — Mario, Shot of 'L'Auvergnat'
- Charles Gérard — Cazauban
- Marie Laforêt — Edmonde Puget-Rostand
- Michel Peyrelon — Camille, Businessman from 'L'Auvergnat'
- Philippe Castelli — Driving License Inspector
- Directed
- Georges Lautner
- Written
- Michel Audiard
Production
- Rating
- 6.3 / 10 · 210 ratings
- Studio
- Gaumont, Cerito Films
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
