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This film noir tends to stay within very conventional plot lines, as the narration by the main protagonist, private detective Eugene Tarpon Jean-François Balmer, recites a dreary litany of how he wanted to chuck his profession until an attractive woman shows up asking him to investigate the murder of her roommate, a porno star. Soon Tarpon is up to his neck in trouble: the police, gangsters, and the victim's lover are all out to get him.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

French

Runtime

97 mins

Rating

5.375/10

Release Date

21 March 1984

Country

France

Cast

Jean-François Balmer

Jean-François Balmer

Eugène Tarpon

Sandra Montaigu

Sandra Montaigu

Charlotte Le Dantex

Pierre Santini

Pierre Santini

Coccioli

Roland Dubillard

Roland Dubillard

Jean-Baptiste Haymann

Claude Chabrol

Claude Chabrol

Théodore Lyssenko

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