''Let Sleeping Cops Lie'' also known as ''Don't Wake a Sleeping Cop'' ( French: ''Ne réveillez pas un flic qui dort'') is a French

crime film Crime film is a film belonging to the crime fiction genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and fiction. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine with many other genres, such as Drama (film and television), dr ...

released in 1988, directed by José Pinheiro, starring

Alain Delon Alain Fabien Maurice Marcel Delon (; 8 November 1935 – 18 August 2024) was a French actor, film producer, screenwriter, singer, and businessman. Acknowledged as a cultural and cinematic leading man of the 20th century, Delon emerged as one of ...

and Michel Serrault. The screenplay is written by Alain Delon and José Pinheiro based on the novel ''Clause de style'' by Frédéric H. Fajardie. 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. ''Let Sleeping Cops Lie'' is the last film of a group of popular movies released in the 1980s and starring Alain Delon, which share a visual and narrative style, beginning with

Jacques Deray Jacques Deray (born Jacques Desrayaud, 19 February 1929 – 9 August 2003) was a French film director and screenwriter. Deray is prominently known for directing many crime films, crime and thriller films. Biography Born Jacques Desrayaud in Lyon, ...

's '' Three Men to Kill'' (1980). It was the least successfully commercially. Alain Delon, also being the film’s producer, dedicated the work to the memory of actor Jean Gabin.''Let Sleeping Cops Lie'' in "The French Films"
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Plot

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

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 *

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as Inspector Latueva * Féodor Atkine as Stadler * Roxan Gould as Jennifer * Stéphane Jobert as Spiero * Consuelo De Haviland as Corinne * Dominique Valera as Valles * Bruno Raffaelli as Zelleim * Guy Cuevas as Bessoni *

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as Ginzbaum *

Olivier Marchal Olivier Marchal (born 14 November 1958) is a French actor, director, screenwriter, and a former policeman. In 2005, he was nominated for three César Awards (César Award for Best Director, Best Director, César Award for Best Film, Best Film a ...

as Ginzbaum's friend * Philippe Nahon as Sergeant #2 * Laurent Gamelon as The Baby's Man

References

External links

* {{Alain Delon 1988 films 1988 crime thriller films Films produced by Alain Delon French crime thriller films Films directed by José Pinheiro 1980s French films