The best Jean Poiret’s crime movies
If you love cinema, you will share this ranking of the best Jean Poiret’s movies, although you may have ordered them differently. In any case, we hope you love it and with a little luck discovering a movie that you still don’t know about Jean Poiret.
Chicken with Vinegar
6.5/10
Unorthodox detective Jean Lavardin is called to a provincial French town after a prank turns deadly.
Inspector Lavardin
6.5/10
Inspector Lavardin is called to a provincial village to investigate a murder – only to find that one of his ex-lovers is the victim’s widow.
The Big Scare
6.3/10
Two police inspectors Triquet and Vergus launch their investigations to arrest a dangerous escaped forger named Mickey Le Bénedictin.
The Other One's Mug
6/10
Martial Perrin is the president of a right-wing political party which is gearing itself up for a forthcoming election. When he learns that a notorious criminal named Kraus has escaped from prison, Perrin panics and goes into hiding. His deputy, Constant, hires Perrin’s cousin, Gilbert, an actor who is a perfect double of Perrin, to replace him. What Gilbert does no know is that the killer Kraus is bumping off the people who were implicated in the affair for which he was arrested, and that Perrin is next on his list.
Maux croisés
6.8/10
It looks as though Inspector Lavardin is having a holiday for once. Look at him taking the waters in Montecatini, Italy. But don't be fooled, the French sleuth is on duty as usual; he even works for Interpol this time. The objective of his investigation is Ruggero Anello, an Italian millionaire who, besides owning a big shoe company, is suspected of being the leader of an arms trafficking network. But what Lavardin had not expected is that Claire Anello, Ruggero's wife and successful crime novelist, would be murdered at the hotel where he is staying...
Le Diable en ville
7/10
Le Château du pendu
6.7/10
French television film directed by Christian de Chalonge, starring Jean Poiret as inspector Lavardin. Part of the series "Les Dossiers de l'inspecteur Lavardin".
