Inspector Blunder (1980)

Original title

Inspecteur La Bavure

Directed by

Claude Zidi

Genre

comedy film, crime film

Country

France

Runtime

1h 42m

Rated

12

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 205 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A clumsy rookie cop tries to catch a famous criminal. The criminal is based on a real gangster.

lightheartedgoofyfast-pacedslapstickplayfulchaotic

What happens

Inspector Blunder (French: Inspecteur la Bavure) is a 1980 French comedy film directed by Claude Zidi. It stars comedian Coluche as a hapless trainee police detective pitted against public enemy number one (Gérard Depardieu). The film was a box-office hit in France. The character played by Depardieu is loosely based on real-life gangster Jacques Mesrine, who had been shot dead by police the previous year. 28 years later, Depardieu would go on to play a supporting role in the biopic Mesrine, this time portraying Mesrine's mentor. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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