There Once Was a Cop

Name: There Once Was a Cop
Genre: Crime, Comedy
Released: 1972-02-11
Duration: 1 h 35 min
Cast: Michael Lonsdale, Michel Constantin, Mireille Darc, Robert Dalban, Daniel Ivernel

1972, French. Directed by Georges Lautner.

Campana, a commissar at the drugs bureau of Paris police gets an undercover job in Nice to catch an Italian-French mafia boss. As he slips into the identity of a gangster's brother, who was already killed, he has to play the role of a loving husband with child - something that is not so easy for a confirmed single like Campana. Unfortunately American killers chase behind the Nice mafia clan too, in order to get control of French drug trades to USA.

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Runtime: 1h 35m
Post-credits: None listed
Language: French
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Released: 11 February 1972
Original title: Il était une fois un flic...
Country: France
Written by: Georges Lautner, Francis Veber

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Is There Once Was a Cop worth watching?

Our verdict is Popcorn Flick: Fun if you don’t overthink it. It scores 6.1/10 from 52 TMDB viewer ratings.

How long is There Once Was a Cop?

There Once Was a Cop runs 95 minutes (1h 35m).

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There Once Was a Cop isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 11 February 1972. (Checked 10 November 2026.)

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Who directed There Once Was a Cop?

There Once Was a Cop (1972) was directed by Georges Lautner and stars Michael Lonsdale, Michel Constantin, Mireille Darc.