The Toilets Were Closed from the Inside (1976)
A bus conductor gets dressed for work in the morning, goes to the toilet, where he is killed by a bomb. The Commissioner and his fat, bumbling assistant, Inspector Charbonnier are put on the case. After interviewing friends, wives, colleagues, and spying on strangers who might be connected, our heroes trace the assassin down to a mental institution where, it seems, the murder victim has been an inmate for the last three years...
Director: Patrice Leconte
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Coluche as L'inspecteur Charbonnier |
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Jean Rochefort as Le commissaire Pichard |
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Roland Dubillard as Gazul |
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Danièle Evenou as Gwendoline |
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Robert Berri as René |
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Jean Luisi as Barbocelli |
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Billy Bourbon as Joseph Ordure |
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Olga Valéry as La mère du médecin |
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Robert Dalban as L'entraîneur |
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Virginie Vignon as Odette Jeandrin |
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Jean-Pierre Sentier as Le psychiatre |
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Ellen Bahl as Mme Piazzorossicelli |
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Pierre Baudry as |
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René Bériard as Le majordome |
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Michel Charrel as Le boxeur |
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Jean-Pierre Elga as |
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Patrick Guillemin as Angelo |
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Darling Légitimus as Rose |
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Jean Péméja as Le joueur d'orgue de barbarie |
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Jacques Plée as Le concierge |
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Sylvain Salnave as |
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Gérard Jugnot as un inspecteur (uncredited) |
| Writing | Patrice Leconte | Scenario Writer |
| Directing | Patrice Leconte | Director |
| Editing | Catherine Kelber | Editor |
| Art | Jacques d'Ovidio | Production Design |
| Sound | Paul Misraki | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Marc Goldstaub | Producer |
| Writing | Gotlib | Writer |
| Camera | Bruno Nuytten | Director of Photography |