Discover For you Watchlist Search Ask

Loading…

Good stories. Your taste.

This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB.
Ratings from IMDb. IMDb is a registered trademark of IMDb.com, Inc.

Designed for Sweden · SE · Brand
Streaming availability from JustWatch.

Discover For you Ask Search Watchlist

Coup de Torchon (1981) · Cineora

Coup de Torchon poster

A BERTRAND TAVERNIER FILM

Coup de Torchon

19812h 8mMovie

ComedyCrimeDrama

IMDb7.3/ 10 · 7.4K votes

THE STORY

A pathetic police chief, humiliated by everyone around him, suddenly wants a clean slate in life, and resorts to drastic means to achieve it.

Dark
Funny
Gritty
Corruption
Antihero
Period piece

Pace: Measured
Intensity: Moderate
Complexity: Easy watch

Good for late nights and talking about after. Contains sexual content.

DirectorBertrand Tavernier

FormatFeature film

TMDB7.0 / 10

Seen it?

Sign in to rate. Your honest reactions shape every recommendation.

Where to watch

Not streaming in Sweden right now.

Availability from JustWatch

The people behind the story

Top cast

Philippe NoiretLucien Cordier

Isabelle HuppertRose Mercaillou

Jean-Pierre MarielleLe Peron / Le Peron's twin brother

Stéphane AudranHuguette Cordier

Eddy MitchellNono

Guy MarchandMarcel Chavasson

Michel BeauneVanderbrouck

Jean ChampionLe curé

More like this

Close in feeling, tone and story.

Cloportes poster

Movie

1965IMDb6.6

Le Trou poster

Movie

1960IMDb8.5

Le Cercle Rouge poster

Movie

Le Cercle Rouge

1970IMDb7.9

Cop or Hood poster

Movie

1979IMDb6.5

Serie Noire poster

Movie

1979IMDb7.3

So Long, Stooge poster

Movie

So Long, Stooge

1983IMDb7.3

The Black Tulip poster

Movie

The Black Tulip

1964IMDb6.6

Crooks in Clover poster

Movie

Crooks in Clover

1963IMDb7.7

The Toilets Were Closed from the Inside poster

Movie

The Toilets Were Closed from the Inside

1976IMDb5.4

The French Detective poster

Movie

The French Detective

1975IMDb6.8

Loulou poster

Movie

1980IMDb6.6

Two Men in Town poster

Movie

Two Men in Town

1973IMDb7.3

Death of a Corrupt Man poster

Movie

Death of a Corrupt Man

1977IMDb6.8

Just Before Nightfall poster

Movie

Just Before Nightfall

1971IMDb7.2

125 rue Montmartre poster

Movie

125 rue Montmartre

1959IMDb6.7

La Femme flic poster

Movie

1980IMDb6.8

Buffet Froid poster

Movie

1979IMDb7.1

The Cop poster

Movie

1970IMDb6.8

Series with the same feel

A different format. A familiar feeling.

Psych poster

Series

2006–2014IMDb8.4

Barry poster

Series

2018–2023IMDb8.3

Vincenzo poster

Series

2021IMDb8.4

Inside No. 9 poster

Series

2014–2024IMDb8.5

Why Women Kill poster

Series

2019–2021IMDb8.3

The Gentlemen poster

Series

2024–IMDb8.1

Monk poster

Series

2002–2009IMDb8.1

Brassic poster

Series

2019–2025IMDb8.4

Orange Is the New Black poster

Series

Orange Is the New Black

2013–2019IMDb8.0

The End of the F***ing World poster

Series

The End of the F***ing World

2017–2019IMDb8.0

The Rookie poster

Series

2018–IMDb8.0

Hustle poster

Series

2004–2012IMDb8.2