My New Partner

My New Partner

107 mins | Comedy | Sept. 19, 1984

My New Partner is a 1984 French comedy film directed by Claude Zidi, starring Philippe Noiret and Thierry Lhermitte. Noiret plays a streetwise Paris policeman who takes kickbacks from the minor criminals on his beat to allow them to continue. At the start of the film, his partner is busted for corruption and he narrowly escapes. He is assigned an idealistic new partner fresh from police academy. He sets out to corrupt his new partner and, after a slow start, succeeds spectacularly.

My New Partner

107 mins | Comedy | Sept. 19, 1984

My New Partner
My New Partner is a 1984 French comedy film directed by Claude Zidi, starring Philippe Noiret and Thierry Lhermitte. Noiret plays a streetwise Paris policeman who takes kickbacks from the minor criminals on his beat to allow them to continue. At the start of the film, his partner is busted for corruption and he narrowly escapes. He is assigned an idealistic new partner fresh from police academy. He sets out to corrupt his new partner and, after a slow start, succeeds spectacularly.
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers Films 7
Original title Les Ripoux
Directors Claude Zidi
Writers Didier Kaminka, Simon Michaël, Claude Zidi

Cast

Philippe Noiret

as René Boirond

Thierry Lhermitte

as François Lesbuche

Régine

as Simone

Grace de Capitani

as Natacha

Claude Brosset

as Vidal

Albert Simono

as Inspector Leblanc

Jacques Santi

as Internal Investigator

Pierre Frag

as Pierrot

Bernard Bijaoui

as Camoun

Henri Attal

as Dédé

Jean Lanier

as Official

Julien Guiomar

as Commissioner Bloret

Ticky Holgado

as Alphonse

Cheik Doukouré

as African Prisoner

Jacques Frantz

as Franck

Louise Chevalier

as Old woman

Jacques Ciron

as Le patron du restaurant chic

Abou Bakar

as Le receleur de montres Cartier

François Cadet

as L'hôtelier de l'hôtel Louxor

Jocelyn Canoen

as Le patron de la société de transports

Julien Bukowski

as Le chauffeur de benne à ordures

Pierre Baton

as Le procureur