• Like many other Belmondo vehicles, this movie was purchased by the Soviet movie ministry in 1982. However, it was not released until 1990.

  • 4th highest grossing movie of its year in France. Broke the 300,000 admissions mark in Paris; a record at the time.

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  • SPOILER: At the end, Beaumont is killed just before to go in the helicopter. Georges Lautner shot another version where Beaumont escapes in the helicopter, but chose with Jean-Paul Belmondo (against the wish of the producers) to take the other one.

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