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L'assassin est-il coupable?

Original title: Warning Shot
  • 1966
  • Tous publics
  • 1h 40m
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
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L'assassin est-il coupable? (1966)
CrimeMysteryThriller

During a stakeout, an L.A. cop kills a doctor who presumably pulled a gun but the coroner's inquest finds no gun, forcing the cop to look for it to clear his name.During a stakeout, an L.A. cop kills a doctor who presumably pulled a gun but the coroner's inquest finds no gun, forcing the cop to look for it to clear his name.During a stakeout, an L.A. cop kills a doctor who presumably pulled a gun but the coroner's inquest finds no gun, forcing the cop to look for it to clear his name.

  • Director
    • Buzz Kulik
  • Writers
    • Whit Masterson
    • Mann Rubin
  • Stars
    • David Janssen
    • Ed Begley
    • Keenan Wynn
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.7/10
    1.1K
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    • Director
      • Buzz Kulik
    • Writers
      • Whit Masterson
      • Mann Rubin
    • Stars
      • David Janssen
      • Ed Begley
      • Keenan Wynn
    • 39User reviews
    • 23Critic reviews
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    David Janssen
    David Janssen
    • Sgt. Tom Valens
    Ed Begley
    Ed Begley
    • Capt. Roy Klodin
    Keenan Wynn
    Keenan Wynn
    • Sgt. Ed Musso
    Sam Wanamaker
    Sam Wanamaker
    • Frank Sanderman
    Lillian Gish
    Lillian Gish
    • Alice Willows
    Stefanie Powers
    Stefanie Powers
    • Liz Thayer
    Eleanor Parker
    Eleanor Parker
    • Mrs. Doris Ruston
    George Grizzard
    George Grizzard
    • Walt Cody
    George Sanders
    George Sanders
    • Calvin York
    Steve Allen
    Steve Allen
    • Perry Knowland
    Carroll O'Connor
    Carroll O'Connor
    • Paul Jerez
    Joan Collins
    Joan Collins
    • Joanie Valens
    Walter Pidgeon
    Walter Pidgeon
    • Orville Ames
    Vito Scotti
    Vito Scotti
    • Designer
    David Garfield
    • Police Surgeon
    • (as John Garfield Jr.)
    R. Wayland Williams
    • Judge Gerald Lucas
    • (as Robert Williams)
    Jerry Dunphy
    Jerry Dunphy
    • TV Newscaster
    Romo Vincent
    Romo Vincent
    • Ira Garvin
    • Director
      • Buzz Kulik
    • Writers
      • Whit Masterson
      • Mann Rubin
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    7kikiloveslegwarmers

    Warning! Warning Shot is only fair

    What can I say. Just bought the DVD for the all-star cast. Out-dated story of a LA police detective who shoots a Beverly Hills doctor who he claims pulled a gun on him, but no one can find the gun. The rest of the movie shows the detective trying to prove he is not guilty, and that the well-respected doctor was really a bad-guy after all.

    Lots of well-known stars in the movie, but the standout is the Elenor Parker who looks very sexy and plays the part of a sexed-up, drunken widow to the tilt. Aside from that, and a few laughs regarding butter milk, this 1966 Who-Done-It is bested viewed on a rainy Saturday afternoon, the one which I'm having right now.
    inspt71-1

    Good Detective Film.

    Warning Shot is a good film with an excellent all star cast. The story has an interesting plot. A cop is falsley accused of murder and he goes around trying to find a way to get his job back and clear his name. David Janssen is the cop, Ed Begley is the boss who gets mad when things go wrong. The cast and a jazzy

    score by Jerry Goldsmith makes this film worth watching. It may not be the best movie in the world nor the best mystery but it's worth watching. *** out of ****
    8planktonrules

    very watchable--a lot like an episode of Dragnet without Joe Friday

    Despite making a few lousy films, such as DONDI and THE GREEN BERETS, I've always liked David Janssen. He was a pretty good actor and I like seeing movies featuring relatively unattractive people because they are much more like us, the average viewer, than the more glamorous stars.

    WARNING SHOT is just one of the movies Janssen did that I really like. It's a seemingly ordinary story about a police shooting but it is so well-written and realistic that the film sucks you inside and keeps your attention. It has the look of a TV movie (with its production values) that is written for a thinking audience who doesn't just want to watch shoot outs and fights.
    7stp43

    Goldsmith Score And Superb Cast Make For Strikingly Effective Crime Drama

    During a 1966 break from filming The Fugitive TV series, David Janssen joined with producer-director Seymour "Buzz" Kulik and screenwriter Mann Rubin to film Warning Shot. The film finds Janssen in familiar territory as a man wrongly accused and having literally no recourse but to defend himself, and his performance as LAPD Sgt. Tom Valens can be seen as another alter-ego of Richard Kimble. The presence of Fugitive alum such as Carroll O'Conner and Ed Begley Sr. adds to the familiarity for Fugitive fans.

    Jerry Goldsmith composes a strikingly strong score for the film, from the mildly bombastic opening theme through its more mournful renditions throughout the movie.

    Janssen's performance as Richard Kimble made The Fugitive a television clasic, and here he imbues Sgt. Tom Valens with identical sympathy. Valens, on a stakeout for a prowler, encounters a doctor, James Rustin, who pulls a gun on Valens and is shot. The gun flies out of Rustin's hand, and is lost.

    Because the gun cannot be found, Valens is suspended, and faces even greater trouble because Dr. Rustin has earned a striking popularity with neighbors of his for his medical efforts, both in LA and in his frequent flights to Baja. When Valens digs into Rustin's past, he finds some discrepencies with the doctor's image, but it all blows up in Valens' face in the death of a model Rustin was having an affair with.

    Nonetheless, despite persistent pleas from his friends to admit to guilt, Valens pushes his investigation of Dr. Rustin, and he hits paydirt when he finds a curious truth about one of Rustin's elderly neighbors (and her dog), and when someone tries to kill him and then Dr. Rustin's nurse is found dead, leading to a confrontation between Valens and his ex-partner.

    Janssen shines in this film, but gets superb help from his supporting cast, including George Grizzard as a playboy pilot who is always missing out on the action - or so he says.
    Catch-52

    I can't really say why I like this movie - I just do

    It's a definite cult classic - that's all that I can say. But it does have an incredible cast, filled with once and future stars. The direction is quite stylish, and the theme is still timely. In many ways, _Warning Shot_ is rather like a film-noir shot in color. Like DOA, there's the theme of one man against the entire world - and the forces of time, also. There is emphasis on his need to prove himself - because he is a man. Like all noirs, the actual plot is irrelevant, although Whit Masterson (Touch of Evil) did think up some good twists. It's the atmosphere that you take away with you from this one.

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    • Trivia
      Initially developed as a made-for-television movie, it was subsequently considered too violent and the subject matter too mature for television, so it was released as a theatrical feature.
    • Goofs
      Alice tells Tom her dog died on a Saturday. However, the headstone for Ceasar notes the date of death as April 1, 1966, which was a Friday.
    • Quotes

      [Valens suddenly attacks Ed Musso and grabs his gun, pointing it at Musso]

      Sgt. Ed Musso: Tom, don't!

      Sgt. Tom Valens: Stow it!

      Sgt. Ed Musso: Don't make it worse than it is!

      Sgt. Tom Valens: I can't help it, now you turn around! Turn around!

      [Valens grabs Musso's handcuffs, cuffs Musso's hands together behind his back, grabs his keys, then leads him to his closet]

      Sgt. Tom Valens: Just a few more hours, Ed.

      Sgt. Ed Musso: Go to hell!

      [Valens locks Musso in the closet, then telephones Walt Cody]

      Walt Cody: Hello?

      Sgt. Tom Valens: Walt, this is Tom Valens. Did I wake you?

      Walt Cody: No, but our date's for eight. If you're thinking of flying to Baja tonight, get yourself another boy.

      Sgt. Tom Valens: The Baja trip's off. What I've been looking for has been here all the time.

      Walt Cody: Well that's great! You need help finding it?

      Sgt. Tom Valens: I thought you'd never ask. Bring your muscles, we're gonna open a grave.

    • Connections
      Referenced in Eurocrime! The Italian Cop and Gangster Films That Ruled the '70s (2012)

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    • Release date
      • August 3, 1967 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • La nuit des assassins
    • Filming locations
      • Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA(Studio)
    • Production company
      • Bob Banner Associates
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    • Budget
      • $2,500,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 40m(100 min)
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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