Runner
2026 · Action · Comedy
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Film / 1984
The Defective Detective
Directed by
Michel Gérard
Lewis plays a Las Vegas policeman visiting his ex-wife in France, only to be caught up in the shenanigans of a group of art thieves. His ex-wife has remarried and her husband is undercover among the art thieves, carrying out an assignment given him by his superiors in the police force. Inevitably, the current husband and the ex-husband are bound to clash.
The story
Lewis plays a Las Vegas policeman visiting his ex-wife in France, only to be caught up in the shenanigans of a group of art thieves. His ex-wife has remarried and her husband is undercover among the art thieves, carrying out an assignment given him by his superiors in the police force. Inevitably, the current husband and the ex-husband are bound to clash.
Cast
Jerry LewisJerry Logan
Michel BlancLaurent Martin
Charlotte de TurckheimMarie-Christine Martin
Michel PeyrelonFranz
Gérard HéroldJean-Benoît
Laura BettiCarlotta Batticelli
Philippe CastelliBrigadier
Mylène DemongeotWoman on the bench
Bernard CharlanDuty officer
Jacques LegrasOrchestra conductor
Max MontavonStage manager of the opera
Pierre OlafNaked German inspector
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Maurice RischInspector Farret
Jackie SardouOpera usherette
Dominique ZardiProducer of the opera
David di NotaOpera dancer
Jean-René GossartLe gangster chauve
Maurice Illouz
François Aramburu
Francis Freyburger
Michel Béal
Yvan Burger
Céline Caussimon
Philippe Chassel
Patrick Paillol
Levi Prawda
Raymond Romegus
Jean-Claude Schwartz
Philippe Veys
Roger CarelJerry Logan (voice)
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