Flic Story

Flic Story
Original movie poster, featuring Delon and Trintignant
Directed byJacques Deray
Written byRoger Borniche (autobiography)
Alphonse Boudard
Produced byAlain Delon
StarringAlain Delon, Jean-Louis Trintignant
CinematographyJean-Jacques Tarbès
Edited byHenri Lanoë
Music byClaude Bolling
Distributed byAdel Productions
Lira Films
Mondial Televisione Film
Release date
  • 1 October 1975 (1975-10-01) (France)
Running time
107 minutes
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Box office1,970,875 admissions (France)[1]

Flic Story is a French crime thriller[2] released on 1 October 1975, based on the autobiography of the same name written by French police detective Roger Borniche. Both film and book portray Borniche's nine-year pursuit of French gangster and murderer Emile Buisson, who was executed on 28 February 1956.[3] Directed by Jacques Deray, the film stars Alain Delon and Jean-Louis Trintignant as Borniche and Buisson respectively, supported by Claudine Auger[4] and André Pousse.

  1. ^ Box office information for film at Box Office Story
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference filmspot was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Hayward p. 279
  4. ^ Lisanti p. 48