Michel Audiard — Playwright (26)

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The Counterfeiters of Paris (1961) WikiData IMDb TMDB Skybridge
Le cave se rebiffe
director: Gilles Grangier actor: Jean Gabin / Bernard Blier …
other title: Il re dei falsari / Der Herr mit den Millionen …
"Le Dabe" retired many years ago and now he lives in the Tropics where he owns stables and horses. He is a very rich man. He was the king of all money counterfeiters. He is contacted from Paris to organize a new job. He says no. But when he finds out the the currency that should be counterfeited is the Dutch florin, he accepts immediately. He retired after having counterfeited 100 florin notes just before the Queen Wilhelmina retired them from circulation. He flies to Paris. But the gang is not to be trusted, at least not all of them.

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Maigret Sets a Trap (1958) IMDb TMDB
Maigret tend un piège
director: Jean Delannoy actor: Jean Gabin / Annie Girardot …
other title: Il commissario Maigret / Kommissar Maigret stellt eine Falle …
Four women were murdered, each was knifed and, though they had their clothes torn, they weren't molested. As the famed police inspector Jules Maigret pieces the clues together, he comes to realize that for the elusive man that he suspects to be unmasked, he has to set him a trap.

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The Outsider (1983) WikiData IMDb TMDB
Le Marginal
other title: Professione: poliziotto / Der Außenseiter …
Philippe Jordan is a policeman prone to advancing the cause of justice by any means necessary. On his agenda is a powerful drug cartel working out of Paris and Marseilles, with a drug lord who is essentially inaccessible -- but not immortal.

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The Professional (1981)
Le Professionnel
director: Georges Lautner actor: Bebel / Robert Hossein …
other title: Joss il professionista / Professionel dræber …
Josselin Beaumont, a French secret agent, is tasked with assassinating Njala, the president for life of Malawi in Africa. A shift in French policy means that assassinating Njala is no longer an option. But instead of recalling their agent, high-ranking officials deliberately sacrifice Beaumont by handing him over to the Malawian authorities. Arrested, tried, and imprisoned, he nevertheless manages to escape. Back in Paris after a two-year absence, he informs his superiors through Colonel Martin that he will fulfill his contract during Njala’s upcoming official visit to Paris between the 12th and 15th of this month, and that he has a few scores to settle with the D.G.S.E. The question is, should Beaumont be stopped or not?

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Cop or Hood (1979)
Flic ou Voyou
director: Georges Lautner actor: Bebel / Georges Géret …
other title: Poliziotto o canaglia / Der Windhund …
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.