My New Partner (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.
Movie Details
Genre: Comedy
Cast: Philippe Noiret, Thierry Lhermitte, Régine, Grace de Capitani, Claude Brosset
Producer: Claude Zidi, Claude Zidi, Francis Lai, Jean-Jacques Tarbès, Didier Kaminka
IMDb Score: 6.5/10 by 122 users
Runtime: 107 minutes
Released: 9/19/1984