Death of a Corrupt Man

Name: Death of a Corrupt Man
Director: Georges Lautner
Released: 1977
Duration: 120 min
Rating: 6.8
Cast: Alain Delon, Ornella Muti, Stéphane Audran, Mireille Darc, Maurice Ronet

1977 · 120 MIN · IMDB 6.8 · 2,820 VOTES · DIR. Georges Lautner

Overview

In the middle of the night, deputy Philippe Dubaye wakes up his old friend Xavier Maréchal with disturbing news: he has just killed Serrano, a racketeer with extant political connections. Serrano kept proofs of Dubaye's involvement in corrupt dealings and was poised to use them against the deputy. Xavier readily agrees to cover up for his old pal Philippe, but he soon runs into difficulties. Nobody believes Dubaye's alibi. And everybody -- influential personalities, powerful businessmen, dubious go-betweens and the police -- wants to get hold of the documents that served to blackmail Dubaye; by all possible means...

Dialogue Timeline — 1,193 lines

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00:00:52 Death of a Corrupt Man

00:06:02 That's all!

00:11:34 You can't come here! Stand back!

00:14:28 It was her who called the commissariat.

00:17:15 - Good day! - Hi, Xavi!

00:19:57 Philippe was saying 'hello'.

00:22:45 I can't take it anymore. Do you understand?

00:28:59 It's the matter of Philippe's life! Don't come back here!

00:37:35 See you soon, Monsieur Marechal!

00:44:57 I'm not asking where you've been tonight. I don't doubt

00:49:14 First we have make a copy of it.

00:56:50 You got it wrong. She was Philippe's girlfriend.

01:00:28 In our family I was the twelfth child.

01:04:53 It's important.

01:08:08 Hello, Xav! Nice to see you.

01:11:38 That firm Sozhoka you're running

01:17:20 You wanted to scare me? Well you did! And that's enough!

01:22:22 But such a suicide.

01:25:58 So, two departments argue, and the murderer of Philippe is at large.

01:30:55 Take the spike out!

01:37:47 Did Lockheed's fraud change anything?

01:40:49 Marseilles! Give this man an injection.

01:48:51 - Who killed Philippe? - Leave it.

01:53:21 And talked too much. She wanted to tell you the whole thing.

Cast & Characters

Alain Delon Xavier 'Xav' Maréchal Ornella Muti Valérie Stéphane Audran Christiane Mireille Darc Françoise Maurice Ronet Philippe Dubaye Michel Aumont Commissaire Moreau Jean Bouise Commissaire Pernais Daniel Ceccaldi Lucien Lacor Julien Guiomar Fondari Klaus Kinski Nicolas Tomski

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,193

Dialogue density9.9 lines / min

First line00:00:52

Final line01:53:21

Production Record

DirectorGeorges Lautner

LanguageFrench

IMDb votes2,820