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

00:06:05 When did this happen? - In the evening, about ten.

00:11:45 They're good friends.

00:14:48 I'm not clairvoyant, am I?

00:17:30 - Stop talking nonsense. - It's not nonsense.

00:20:31 that a diary has been stolen from the safe Who are you fooling?

00:23:46 Look! First to Sourenn, then highway to Versailles.

00:33:43 Have you been asleep?!

00:42:09 Never mind. Say 'girl from Rokankur'

00:46:03 in which deputy Dubaye sheltered a girl but she's not there anymore.

00:50:34 Nuclear power plants, airplanes.

00:58:20 And on what Philippe tripped?

01:02:08 I'll soon be 50, son. I'm rich.

01:06:08 By the way, if you need it, I have all the money.

01:09:49 We're fellow sufferers.

01:13:34 You coming?

01:20:58 We'll choose the three most prominent villains.

01:24:34 and sends part of it to the newspaper editorial offices.

01:28:30 - Who's that Tomski? - As you can see, a person of influence.

01:36:48 Since the political climate now is very unfavorable

01:39:49 I want to see him writhing with pain.

01:45:22 - Straight to the Minister? - Yes, Monsieur Marechal.

01:52:44 they control newspapers, fund elections.

03:06:00 from Brest at the 18th track!

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 line03:06:00

Production Record

DirectorGeorges Lautner

LanguageFrench

IMDb votes2,820