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The Defective Detective (1984) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1984 · 86 mins · French
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- Directed by
- Michel Gérard
- Starring
- Laura Betti, Michel Blanc, Jerry Lewis, Mylène Demongeot, Charlotte de Turckheim, Roger Carel
Lewis portrays a Las Vegas detective who travels to France to see his ex‑wife, only to become entangled in the antics of a gang of art thieves. His ex‑wife has remarried, and her new husband is an undercover officer embedded with the thieves on a police‑directed mission. As the two cops—one visiting, one infiltrating—cross paths, their inevitable clash fuels the comic chaos.
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