''The Tiger Brigades'' (French: ''Les Brigades du Tigre'') is a

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which originally ran between 1974 and 1983. Created by

Claude Desailly Claude Desailly (1922–2009) was a French screenwriter. He collaborated on a number of films with the director Robert Hossein. He is best known for his creation and writing of the period crime television series ''Les Brigades du Tigre'' which ran ...

Bosseno p.30 it follows the activities of a police squad in the early twentieth century. In 2006 a film ''

Les Brigades du Tigre ''The Tiger Brigades'' (french: Les Brigades du Tigre) is a 2006 French crime film. Based on a very successful 1970s-'80s French television series of the same name the film depicts an Untouchables-type crack "Flying Squad" once formed by Georges ...

'' was released, inspired by the television series.

Main cast

Jean-Claude Bouillon Jean-Claude Bouillon (27 December 1941 – 31 July 2017) was a French actor. He appeared in more than eighty films from 1966 until 2015. Filmography References Footnotes Sources * External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bouillon, Jean-Clau ...

as Commissaire Paul Valentin * Jean-Paul Tribout as L'inspecteur Pujol *

Pierre Maguelon Pierre Maguelon (3 September 1933 – 10 July 2010) was a French actor. Selected filmography * ''Tire-au-flanc 62'' (1960) * '' The President'' (1961) - Un parlementaire (uncredited) * ''Cartouche'' (1962) - Un complice de Cartouche (uncredited ...

as L'inspecteur Terrasson *

François Maistre François Maistre (14 May 1925 – 16 May 2016) was a French film, television and theatre actor. Born in Demigny, Saône-et-Loire, France, he appeared in nearly 100 films between 1960 and 2003. His father was singer and actor A.-M. Julien. Se ...

as Faivre, le patron *

Pinkas Braun Pinkas Braun (7 January 1923 – 24 June 2008) was a Swiss film actor. He appeared in 70 films between 1952 and 2002. He was born in Zürich, Switzerland and died in Munich, Germany. Partial filmography * '' Sky Without Stars'' (1955) - Ko ...

as Gabrielli

References

Bibliography

* Christian Bosseno. ''Télévision française La saison 2010: Une analyse des programmes du 1er septembre 2008 au 31 août 2009''. Editions L'Harmattan, 2010.

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tiger Brigades, The 1974 French television series debuts 1983 French television series endings 1970s crime television series 1980s crime television series French-language television shows French police procedural television series