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Dear Inspector
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Dear Inspector

1978-01-18 · 105 min · ★ 5.9

Comedy

When Lise's car bumps Antoine's bike, they recognize each other from a brief fling 20 years before while at the Sorbonne. He's now a professor of Greek; she's loathe to tell him she's a police inspector. A call interrupts their first dinner date: a Deputy of the National Assembly has been murdered. She has a suspect, another Deputy, and must track him while deflecting Antoine's eye from her vocation. All roads in the inquiry lead to Christine Vallier, the dead Deputy's mistress, a beguiling 22-year-old whose mother ran the Assembly's snack bar. When more deputies die and Antoine learns Lise's identity, she must act quickly solve the crime and save her future.

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Directors
Philippe de Broca
Production companies
Les Films Ariane, Mondex Films
Countries
France
Status
Released

Top Cast

Annie GirardotAnnie GirardotLise Tanquerelle
Philippe NoiretPhilippe NoiretAntoine Lemercier
Catherine AlricCatherine AlricChristine Vallier
Hubert DeschampsHubert DeschampsCharmille
Paulette DubostPaulette DubostMother
Roger DumasRoger DumasMarcel Guérin, l'inspecteur
Raymond GérômeRaymond GérômeHead of Criminal Division
Guy MarchandGuy MarchandBeretti
Simone RenantSimone RenantSuzanne
Georges WilsonGeorges WilsonAlexandre Mignonac
Monique TarbèsMonique TarbèsBathroom attendant
Henri CzarniakHenri CzarniakL'inspecteur Cascard
Maurice IllouzMaurice IllouzL'inspecteur Picot
Georges RiquierGeorges RiquierProfesseur Pelletier
David GabisonDavid GabisonLe doyen Levergue
Gabriel JabbourGabriel JabbourMedical examiner
Armelle PourricheLittle Catherine
Michel RocherMichel RocherLe laborantin
Jacques BoudetJacques BoudetL'homme élégant
Anna GaylorAnna GaylorAntoine's concierge

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