starring
Raymond Rouleau Mireille Balin.
Rivals for graduation honours at the police academy, Clarence and Montes propose a practical test to prove who is the better detective. A murdered American gangster provides the perfect case. Set in an imaginary country in South America, but filmed in France during the war,
Jacques Becker 's first film is a witty tribute to American gangster movies.
Toni Amonito. ..GASTON MODOT
Screenplay by PIERRE BOST
Directed by JACQUES BECKER
(A French film with English subtitles. First showing on British television. Black and white)
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