The Police War

1979

1h 40m

6.2(44 votes)

Thriller

Overview

Fush and Ballestrat are the heads of each department of the French police. Both have the task of combating serious crime and cleaning up the underworld.

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Cast & Crew

33 members

Acting

Claude Brasseur

Commissioner Jacques Fush

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Marlène Jobert

Marie Garcin

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Claude Rich

Commissioner Ballestrat

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Georges Staquet

Millard

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Jean-François Stévenin

Capati

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Etienne Chicot

Larue

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David Jalil

Djalloud

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Gérard Desarthe

Hector Sarlat

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Jean Rougerie

Mermoz

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Jean-Pierre Kalfon

Marc

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Jacques Lalande

Pralin

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Catherine Rétoré

Artist

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Rufus

Le Garrec, chicken farmer

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Philippe Villiers

Prostitute boy

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Roger Miremont

Lagrange

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Franck-Olivier Bonnet

René

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Albert Dray

Francis, Sarlat's accomplice

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Féodor Atkine

Serge Mannékian, accomplice of Sarlat

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Ludmila Mikaël

Judge François

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François Périer

Colombani, Chief of police

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Luc Bergerac

Charly

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Jacqueline Parent

Prostitute

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Michel Berto

Man at the counter

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David Gabison

Brigadier of Police-Secours

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Maurice Illouz

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Louise Chevalier

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Sidney Boccara

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Philippe Klébert

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Crew

Alain Barbier

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Daniel Darnault

Unknown Role

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Richard Lemieuvre

Exhibitionist

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Sabine Thomas

Fush's daughter

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Dominique Besnehard

Ballestrat man (uncredited)

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