''Parole de flic'' is a 1985 French

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directed by José Pinheiro and produced by and 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 ...

. It marked Delon's return to action films after a period devoted to more intimate films. ''Ne réveillez pas un flic qui dort'' (1988) was the sequel to this film.Der Panther (1985)
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Plot

Daniel Pratt (Alain Delon) is a former police officer living on an African island. When he learns that his daughter has been murdered in

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, he returns to France to avenge her, and brutally kills the perpetrators one by one.

Cast

: Daniel Pratt * Jacques Perrin: Stéphane Reiner * Fiona Gélin: Sabine Clément *

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: Dominique Reiner *

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: Sylvain Dubor * Stéphane Ferrara: Abel Salem * Vincent Lindon: Dax * Dominique Valera: Brice * : Remy

Production

Philippe Setbon was the initial scriptwriter, but left the project before completion; the final script was written by Frédéric H. Fajardie and edited by Pinheiro and Delon. Shooting took place in and around Lyons, and in the

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for African scenes. The song "I Don't Know", played over the closing credits, is sung by Alain Delon and Phyllis Nelson. Stéphane Ferrara, who had previously appeared in

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's ''Détective'', was a French national champion in boxing.

Release

''Parole de flic'' was released in France on 21 August 1985. The film was also released as ''Cop's Honour'' in the United Kingdom in 1987, and as ''Hot Gun'' in the Philippines on 22 May 1987.

Reception

''Parole de flic'' was a big hit in France, with admissions of 2,517,875.Renaud Soyer
''Parole de flic''
Box Office Story, 7 March 2006

References

External links

* 1980s crime action films 1985 films French crime action films Films produced by Alain Delon French films about revenge Films directed by José Pinheiro 1980s French films {{1980s-France-film-stub