Retenez Moi...Ou Je Fais Un Malheur
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Retenez Moi...Ou Je Fais Un Malheur was filmed in 1983. It was released on January 11, 1984 in France by the Gaumont Film Company
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) is a Las Vegas police officer who is visiting France to see his ex-wife (Charlotte de Turckheim
), who he is still friendly with. 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.
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 has stated that as long as he has control over distribution they will never be released in the US.
Gaumont Film Company
Gaumont Film Company is a French film production company founded in 1895 by the engineer-turned-inventor, Léon Gaumont . Gaumont is the oldest continously operating film company in the world....
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Plot
Jerry Logan (Jerry LewisJerry Lewis
Jerry Lewis is an American comedian, actor, singer, film producer, screenwriter and film director. He is best known for his slapstick humor in film, television, stage and radio. He was originally paired up with Dean Martin in 1946, forming the famed comedy team of Martin and Lewis...
) is a Las Vegas police officer who is visiting France to see his ex-wife (Charlotte de Turckheim
Charlotte de Turckheim
Anne-Charlotte de Turckheim is a French actress, screenwriter, comedian and film producer. Born in Montereau-Fault-Yonne, Seine-et-Marne, France, the daughter of Françoise Husson and Arnaud de Turckheim, a member of a noble Protestant family from Alsace, Charlotte de Turckheim studied theater...
), who he is still friendly with. She is remarried to Laurent Martin (Michel Blanc
Michel Blanc
Michel Blanc is a French actor and director who is noted for his roles of losers and hypochondriacs...
), 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.
US distribution
This was one of two films that Jerry LewisJerry Lewis
Jerry Lewis is an American comedian, actor, singer, film producer, screenwriter and film director. He is best known for his slapstick humor in film, television, stage and radio. He was originally paired up with Dean Martin in 1946, forming the famed comedy team of Martin and 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 has stated that as long as he has control over distribution they will never be released in the US.