The Loner
Synopsis
The policeman Stan Jalard and his colleague Simon Lecache are rather fed up with police work. They are toying with the idea to quit police service in order to run a hotel on the Antilles. Single father Lecache has already asked his son Christian about it. But at the very evening when Lecache tells Jalard that his son approves of their plan, Lecache is murdered by the professional killer Charly Schneider.
Jalard changes his mind. He dedicates his life all the more to police work. After two more years he has been promoted but he had no chance to get Schneider yet because Schneider disappeared. Eventually Schneider returns to France and commits crimes. Moreover he threatens Jalard on the phone and later devastates his flat. He even sends somebody to shoot Jalard and his godson Christian in the street.
Jalard identifies Schneider's new accomplices and puts them under pressure. Step by step he closes in on him until he can confront him in his hide-out. Schneider refuses to show any regret, eludes and steals a car. He tries to run over Jalard who arrests him anyway. Now that Jalard has brought the murderer of Christian's father to justice, he allows Christian to call him “Dad”. He, who has put his godson away into boarding schools all the time and lived only for his police work, now demonstrates a shift in priorities. When they drive home, Jalard puts a police siren on top of his car and drives wiggly lines just because that obviously amuses little Christian a lot.
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Credits
Director (1)
Actors (29)
Production and distribution (3)
- Executive Producers : Sara Films, Cerito Films
- Film exports/foreign sales : Tamasa Distribution
- French distribution : AMLF
Full credits (24)
- Executive Producers : Alain Sarde, Alain Belmondo
- Adaptation : Daniel Saint-Hamont, Alphonse Boudard
- Screenwriter : Simon Michaël
- Dialogue Writers : Simon Michaël, Alphonse Boudard, Daniel Saint-Hamont
- Director of Photography : Jean-François Robin
- Music Composer : Dany Shogger
- Assistant directors : Bernard Bolzinger, Pascal Meynier, Frédéric Planchon
- Editor : Henri Lanoë
- Sound Recordist : Pierre Lenoir
- Costume designer : Paulette Breil
- Sound Assistant : Denis Carquin
- Assistant Operators : Ariane Damain, Bruno Delbonnel
- Camera Operator : Claude Bourgoin
- Production Manager : Bernard Bolzinger
- Sound Editor : Joël Beldent
- Assistant editor : Sylvie Pontoizeau
- Continuity supervisor : Bénédicte Kermadec
- Production Designer : Jean-Claude Gallouin
- Foley artist : Daniel Couteau
- Stunt performers : Claude Carliez, Rémy Julienne
- Casting : Romain Brémond
- Singer : Carlos Sottomayor
- Still Photographer : Vincent Rossell
- Location Manager : Claude Albouze
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Thriller, Action
- Production language : French
- Production country : France (100.0%)
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Nationality : 100% French (France)
- Production year : 1987
- French release : 18/03/1987
- Runtime : 1 h 40 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 62778
- Visa issue date : 13/03/1987
- Approval : Unknown
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.85
- Audio format : Mono
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