Retenez Moi...Ou Je Fais Un Malheur
Retenez Moi...Ou Je Fais Un Malheur is a 1984 French comedy film directed by Michel Gerard and starring Jerry Lewis, Michel Blanc, and Charlotte de Turckheim. It was released on January 11, 1984 in France by the Gaumont Film Company.
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| Directed by | Michel Gerard |
| Produced by | Pierre Kalfon Michel Gerard |
| Written by | Michel Gerard |
| Starring | Jerry Lewis Michel Blanc Charlotte de Turckheim |
| Music by | Vladimir Cosma |
| Cinematography | Jean Monsigny |
| Edited by | Gérard Le Du |
| Distributed by | Gaumont Film Company |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $4.8 million[1] |
Plot
Jerry Logan (Jerry Lewis) is a Las Vegas police officer who is visiting France to see his ex-wife (Charlotte de Turckheim), with whom he is still friendly. She is remarried to Laurent Martin (Michel Blanc), who is a police officer in France.
The two men do not hit it off very well at first, but eventually they team up to solve the case of some art smugglers.
Cast
- Jerry Lewis as Jerry Logan
- Michel Blanc as Laurent Martin
- Charlotte de Turckheim as Marie-Christine Martin
- Michel Peyrelon as Franz
- Mylène Demongeot as The bench woman
Release
This was one of two films that Jerry Lewis made in the 1980s strictly for European release. They have never been released in the US, although it has been given at least two tentative US release titles: To Catch a Cop and The Defective Detective.
Lewis, speaking about this film and Par où t'es rentré ? On t'a pas vu sortir, said that "as long as I have control [over distribution], you'll never see them in this country [United States]".[2]
References
- Jerry Lewis films French box office information at Box Office Story
- Neibaur, James (1995). The Jerry Lewis Films (First ed.). Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Ltd. p. 247. ISBN 978-0786475001.