The Defective Detective
“Before they flunked the Police Academy. Before Eddie Murphy heard of Beverly Hills . . . there was the DEFECTIVE DETECTIVE!”
Overview
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 Lewis
Jerry Logan
Michel Blanc
Laurent Martin
Charlotte de Turckheim
Marie-Christine Martin
Michel Peyrelon
Franz
Gérard Hérold
Jean-Benoît
Laura Betti
Carlotta Batticelli
Philippe Castelli
Brigadier
Mylène Demongeot
Woman on the bench
Bernard Charlan
Duty officer
Jacques Legras
Orchestra conductor
Max Montavon
Stage manager of the opera
Pierre Olaf
Naked German inspector