''Let Sleeping Cops Lie'' also known as ''Don't Wake a Sleeping Cop'' (

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released in 1988, directed by José Pinheiro, starring

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. The screenplay is written by Alain Delon and José Pinheiro based on the novel ''Clause de style'' by Frédéric H. Fajardie. The movie tells the story of police inspector Eugéne Grindel (Delon) who investigates the secret illegal ultra-right police organization which mete out justice on a fast track. ''Let Sleeping Cops Lie'' is the last film of a group of popular movies released in the 1980s and starring Alain Delon, which share a visual and narrative style, beginning with Jacques Deray's ''

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'' (1980). It was the least successfully commercially. Alain Delon, also being the film’s producer, dedicated the work to the memory of actor Jean Gabin.''Let Sleeping Cops Lie'' in "The French Films"
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Plot

Roger Scatti (Serrault) is a conservative police inspector of the old school. He finds intolerable the liberalization of the justice system. More and more people from the underground world slip away from the justice. Finding allies in the police circles, he founded the ultra-right secret illegal organization called "Police devotion". Its purpose is the immediate punishment, usually death, of the notorious criminals, with no trials or whatever inquiries and no bureaucracy. The activities of the organization are particularly brutal, serving for edification to the public. When the punitive operations of the "Police devotion" go out of all bounds, the police chief Cazalières (Gérôme) assign a task to inspector Eugéne Grindel (Delon) to investigate the present circumstances.

Cast

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as a police inspector Roger Scatti * Xavier Deluc as Lutz * Patrick Catalifo as Pèret, Grindel's assistant *

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as a chief inspector Cazalières *

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as Jennifer * Stéphane Jobert as Spiero *

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as Valles *

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as Ginzbaum *

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as Ginzbaum's friend * Philippe Nahon as Sergeant #2 *

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References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 0095710 1988 films 1980s crime thriller films Films produced by Alain Delon French crime thriller films Films directed by José Pinheiro 1980s French films