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Death of a Corrupt Man

65 %|Dec 7, 1977|Crime, Thriller

In the middle of the night, deputy Philippe Dubaye wakes up his old friend Xavier Maréchal with disturbing news: he has just killed Serrano, a racketeer with extant political connections. Serrano kept proofs of Dubaye's involvement in corrupt dealings and was poised to use them against the deputy. Xavier readily agrees to cover up for his old pal Philippe, but he soon runs into difficulties. Nobody believes Dubaye's alibi. And everybody -- influential personalities, powerful businessmen, dubious go-betweens and the police -- wants to get hold of the documents that served to blackmail Dubaye; by all possible means...

Featured Crew

Georges Lautner
Director
Michel Audiard
Writer
Jean Laborde
Novel
Michelle David
Editor
Alain Delon
Producer
Philippe Sarde
Original Music Composer
Henri Decaë
Director of Photography
Anita Benoist
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Cast

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Alain Delon
Xavier Maréchal
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Ornella Muti
Valérie
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Jean Bouise
Commissaire Pernais
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Mireille Darc
Françoise
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Michel Aumont
Commissaire Moreau
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Maurice Ronet
Philippe Dubaye
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Klaus Kinski
Nicolas Tomski
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Daniel Ceccaldi
Lucien Lacor
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Colette Duval
La secrétaire de Serrano
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Roger Muni
Le monsieur volé
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Claude Barichasse
Le laveur de carreaux
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Émile Riandreys
L'employé de la morgue
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Carole Achache
La fille du vestiaire (as Carole Lange)