The Defective Detective

The Defective Detective

86 mins | Comedy | Oct. 31, 1984

In a comedy that is dead-in-the-water, a disconnected series of events serves as a framework for Jerry Lewis to put on his stock-in-trade mugging act. He plays a Las Vegas policeman visiting his ex-wife in France, only to be caught up in the shenanigans of a group of art thieves. His ex-wife has remarried and her husband is undercover among the art thieves, carrying out an assignment given him by his superiors in the police force. Inevitably, the current husband and the ex-husband are bound to clash.

The Defective Detective

86 mins | Comedy | Oct. 31, 1984

The Defective Detective
In a comedy that is dead-in-the-water, a disconnected series of events serves as a framework for Jerry Lewis to put on his stock-in-trade mugging act. He plays a Las Vegas policeman visiting his ex-wife in France, only to be caught up in the shenanigans of a group of art thieves. His ex-wife has remarried and her husband is undercover among the art thieves, carrying out an assignment given him by his superiors in the police force. Inevitably, the current husband and the ex-husband are bound to clash.
IMDb rating 3.4
Producers Gaumont, Coline, Imacité
Original title Retenez-moi... ou je fais un malheur!
Directors Michel Gérard
Writers Michel Gérard

Cast

Jerry Lewis

as Jerry Logan

Michel Blanc

as Laurent Martin

Charlotte de Turckheim

as Marie-Christine Martin

Michel Peyrelon

as Franz

Gérard Hérold

as Jean-Benoît