Originally released in France in 1990, RIPOUX CONTRE RIPOUX is Claude Zidi's moderately amusing sequel to his 1984 smash hit LES RIPOUX (MY NEW PARTNER), about the comic misadventures of two lovably corrupt French policemen.
Veteran Montmartre cop Rene (Philippe Noiret), and his young partner Francois (Thierry Lhermitte) pad their meager salaries with petty shakedowns of the local crooks and corrupt businessmen. When Francois suddenly announces that he wants to go straight, Rene arrests a man at random to prove that
everyone is guilty of something. The man they arrest is a bank manager named Blanchard (Jean-Claude Brialy), who immediately breaks down and admits ...
Released:
1990
Rated:
NR
Length:
107 mins