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Retenez Moi...Ou Je Fais Un Malheur
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Wikipedia article
'Retenez Moi...Ou Je Fais Un Malheur' is a 1984 French comedy film directed by Michel Gerard and starring Jerry Lewis, Michel Blanc, and Charlotte de Turckheim. It was released on January 11, 1984 in France by the Gaumont Film Company.
Plot
Jerry Logan is a Las Vegas police officer who is visiting France to see his ex-wife, with whom he is still friendly. She is remarried to Laurent Martin, who is a police officer in France.
The two men do not hit it off very well at first, but eventually they team up to solve the case of some art smugglers.
Cast
* Jerry Lewis as Jerry Logan
* Michel Blanc as Laurent Martin
* Charlotte de Turckheim as Marie-Christine Martin
* Michel Peyrelon as Franz
* Mylne Demongeot as The bench woman
* Jackie Sardou as The opera opener
Release
This was one of two films that Jerry Lewis made in the 1980s strictly for European release. They have never been released in the US, although it has been given at least two tentative US release titles: 'To Catch a Cop' and 'The Defective Detective'.
Lewis, speaking about this film and 'Par o t'es rentr ? On t'a pas vu sortir', said that "as long as I have control [over distribution], you'll never see them in this country [United States]".
References
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