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Director:
Georges Lautner
Writers:
Patrick Alexander (novel)
Jacques Audiard (writer)
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Release Date:
21 October 1981 (France) more
Genre:
Action | Thriller more
Plot:
French secret agent Joss Baumont is sent to one of the African countries to kill their president Njala... more | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win & 1 nomination more
User Comments:
A french secret agent(Joss) is assigned to kill an african country president but during his travelling mission political situation in France has changed and Joss is betrayed by his government and he become p more

Cast

  (Credited cast)
Jean-Paul Belmondo ... Josselin Beaumont dit 'Joss'
Jean Desailly ... Le ministre
Robert Hossein ... Le commissaire Rosen
Michel Beaune ... Le capitaine Valeras
Cyrielle Clair ... Alice Ancelin
Jean-Louis Richard ... Le colonel Martin

Sidiki Bakaba ... Le prisonnier évadé
Pierre Saintons ... Le président N'Jala
Marie-Christine Descouard ... Doris Frederiksen
Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu ... L'inspecteur Farges

Elisabeth Margoni ... Jeanne Baumont
Pierre Vernier ... Salvatore Volfoni
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Maurice Auzel ... Un flic
Baaron
Michel Berreur ... Clochard
Jean-Claude Bouillaud
Daniel Breton
Julien Bukowski
Jacques Canselier ... Livreur de fleurs
Guillaume Corea
Gérard Darrieu ... Picard
Cheik Doukouré
Pierre Forget
Dany Kogan ... Le Sergent Gruber
Beate Kopp
Sidney Kotto
René Lafleur
Marc Lamole
Guy Mairesse ... Instructor Picard
Bernard Marcellin
Bele Mukeba
Samuel Nolison
Serge Nubret ... L'infirmier au procès
Pascal N'Zonzi
Claude-Bernard Perot
Yves Pignot
André Weber ... Le clochard "associé"
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Professional (USA)
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Runtime:
109 min
Country:
France
Language:
French
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.66 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Norway:16 | West Germany:16
Company:
Cerito Films more

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Trivia:
4th highest grossing movie of its year in France. Broke the 300,000 admissions mark in Paris; a record at the time. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When the clochards reach the car with the policemen inside, one of the chlochards destroys a bottle on the roof of the car, so the roof gets wet and there are lots of glass splinters on it. In various shots after, the roof is completely clean again. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Les cent et une nuits de Simon Cinéma (1995) more
Soundtrack:
Le Vent, Le Cri more

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13 out of 15 people found the following comment useful:-
A french secret agent(Joss) is assigned to kill an african country president but during his travelling mission political situation in France has changed and Joss is betrayed by his government and he become p, 16 July 2000
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Author: (torrball@yahoo.com) from San Salvador,El Salvador

This is the best movie that Jean Paul Belmondo performance the movie came to this country in 1982 and you can see it how france handle political situation.. is the same way that countries in the first world treated third world countries during that time and if you remember during the 80's cold war was in the very best successful, beside this the acting is good and Ennio Morricone music "Chi Mai" combined with the dramatical scenes gives to you a spectacular moment that you never are going to forget this is the kind of movie for have in collection but unfortunately is not released in DVD region#1 or VHS but if you have an opportunity to rent it in your local video store ""DO IT""

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