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Let Sleeping Cops Lie also known as Don't Wake a Sleeping Cop (Template:Lang-fr) is a French crime film released in 1988, directed by José Pinheiro, starring Alain Delon and Michel Serrault. The screenplay is written by Alain Delon and José Pinheiro based on the novel by Frédéric H. Fajardie.
| Let Sleeping Cops Lie Ne réveillez pas un flic qui dort | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | José Pinheiro |
| Written by | Frédéric H. Fajardie (novel) Alain Delon José Pinheiro |
| Starring | Alain Delon Michel Serrault |
| Cinematography | Raoul Coutard |
Production companies | TF1 Films Production Leda Productions Cité Films |
Release date | 14 December 1988 |
Running time | 97 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | French |
The movie tells the story of police inspector Eugéne Grindel (Delon) who investigates the secret illegal ultra-right police organization which mete out justice on a fast track.
Synopsis
Roger Scatti (Serrault) is a conservative police inspector of the old school. He finds intolerable the liberalization of the justice system. More and more people from the underground world slip away from the justice. Finding allies in the police circles, he founded the ultra-right secret illegal organization called „Police devotion“. Its purpose is the immediate punishment, usually death, of the notorious criminals, with no trials or whatever inquiries and no bureaucracy. The activities of the organization are particularly brutal, serving for edification to the public. When the punitive operations of the „Police devotion“ go out of all bounds, the police chief Cazalières (Gérôme) assign a task to inspector Eugéne Grindel (Delon) to investigate the present circumstances.
Cast
- Alain Delon as a police inspector Eugéne Grindel
- Michel Serrault as a police inspector Roger Scatti
- Xavier Deluc as Lutz
- Patrick Catalifo as Pèret, Grindel's assistant
- Raymond Gérôme as a chief inspector Cazalières
- Serge Reggiani as Le Stéphanois
- Roxan Gould as Jennifer
- Stéphane Jobert as Spiero
- Consuelo De Haviland as Corinne
- Bernard Farcy as a police inspector Latueva
- Féodor Atkine as Stadler
- Dominique Valera as Valles
- Bruno Raffaelli as Zelleim
- Guy Cuevas as Bessoni