A Cop

A Cop

Year: 1972

Runtime: 100 mins

Language: French

Director: Jean-Pierre Melville

CrimeThrillerCrime drugs and gangstersHeists and thrilling actionGritty crime and ruthless gangsters

A Parisian police chief has an affair, but unbeknownst to him, the boyfriend of the woman he’s having an affair with is a bank robber planning a heist.

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