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Parole de flic
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Wikipedia article
'Parole de flic' is a 1985 French crime film directed by Jos Pinheiro and produced by and starring Alain Delon. It marked Delon's return to action films after a period devoted to more intimate films.
'Ne rveillez pas un flic qui dort' (1988) was the sequel to this film.[http://www.zweitausendeins.de/filmlexikon/?wert=1496&sucheNach=titel Der Panther (1985)], Filmlexikon, Zweitausendeins.de, retrieved 25 December 2014
Plot
Daniel Pratt (Alain Delon) is a former police officer living on an African island. When he learns that his daughter has been murdered in Lyon, he returns to France to avenge her, and brutally kills the perpetrators one by one.
Cast
* Alain Delon: Daniel Pratt
* Jacques Perrin: Stphane Reiner
* Fiona Glin: Sabine Clment
* va Darlan: Dominique Reiner
* Jean-Franois Stvenin: Sylvain Dubor
* Stphane Ferrara: Abel Salem
* Vincent Lindon: Dax
* Dominique Valera: Brice
* : Remy[http://www.allocine.fr/film/fichefilm-29673/casting/ Casting, 'Parole de flic'], AlloCin, retrieved 25 December 2014
Production
Philippe Setbon was the initial scriptwriter, but left the project before completion; the final script was written by Frdric H. Fajardie and edited by Pinheiro and Delon. Shooting took place in and around Lyons, and in the People's Republic of Congo for African scenes.
The song "I Don't Know", played over the closing credits, is sung by Alain Delon and Phyllis Nelson.
Stphane Ferrara, who had previously appeared in Jean-Luc Godard's 'Dtective', was a French national champion in boxing.[http://www.allocine.fr/film/fichefilm-29673/secrets-tournage/ Anecdotes, 'Parole de flic'], AlloCin, retrieved 25 December 2014.
Release
'Parole de flic' was released in France on 21 August 1985. The film was also released as 'Cop's Honour' in the United Kingdom in 1987,Ginette Vincendeau, 'Stars and Stardom in French Cinema', London/New York: Continuum, 2000, , [https://books.google.com/books?id=Fz2Z4Az10_AC&pg=PA193&lpg=PA193&dq=%22Cop%27s+Honour%22+Delon&source=bl&ots=DS9feL3ZT-&sig=2Eep5D7mwqXvhSiILHdmBC5o_eg&hl=en&sa=X&ei=uvWcVM_vJY7coATi5oGwCg&ved=0CEMQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=%22Cop%27s%20Honour%22%20Delon&f=false p. 193] and as 'Hot Gun' in the Philippines on 22 May 1987.
Reception
'Parole de flic' was a big hit in France, with admissions of 2,517,875.Renaud Soyer, [http://www.boxofficestory.com/box-office-alain-delon-c22669761/66 'Parole de flic'], Box Office Story, 7 March 2006References
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