Death of a Corrupt Man

Death of a Corrupt Man (French: Mort d'un pourri), also known as The Twisted Detective, Death of a Louse and Kill a Rat, is a 1977 French political thriller directed by Georges Lautner and starring Alain Delon.^[2] The film is based on the novel by Raf Vallet.

Death of a Corrupt Man
French film poster
Directed by	Georges Lautner
Written by	Raf Vallet (novel) Michel Audiard
Produced by	Alain Delon Norbert Saada
Starring	Alain Delon
Cinematography	Henri Decaë
Edited by	Michelle David
Music by	Philippe Sarde
Distributed by	Cinema International Corporation
Release date	7 December 1977 (1977-12-07)
Running time	120 minutes
Country	France
Language	French
Box office	1.8 million admissions (France)[1]

Cast

• Alain Delon as Xavier 'Xav' Maréchal
• Ornella Muti as Valérie
• Stéphane Audran as Christiane
• Mireille Darc as Françoise
• Maurice Ronet as Philippe Dubaye
• Michel Aumont as Commissaire Moreau
• Jean Bouise as Commissaire Pernais
• Daniel Ceccaldi as Lucien Lacor
• Julien Guiomar as Fondari
• Klaus Kinski as Nicolas Tomski
• François Chaumette as Lansac
• Xavier Depraz as Marcel
• Henri Virlojeux as Paul
• Colette Duval as La secrétaire de Serrano
• Carole Lange (a.k.a. Carole Achache) as La fille du vestiaire
• El Kebir as Kébir
• Gérard Hérold as Dupaire

Musical score and soundtrack

Mort d'un Pourri
Soundtrack album by Philippe Sarde with Stan Getz and the London Symphony Orchestra
Released	1977
Recorded	20 October 1977 CTS Wembley, London
Genre	Film score
Length	49:34
Label	Melba LDA 20314
Stan Getz chronology
Another World (1977) Mort d'un Pourri (1977) Children of the World (1978)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]

The film score was composed and arranged by Philippe Sarde and features saxophonist Stan Getz fronting the London Symphony Orchestra and the soundtrack album was first released on the French Melba label.^[4][5]

Allmusic's Yuri German noted, "Film director Georges Lautner, who worked with Philippe Sarde on a dozen films, said that he was always impressed by the composer's ability to find an original musical approach to each picture. This time, Sarde, who always closely follows the editing process, suggested that they needed a strong soloist, preferably a tenor saxophone player, who would serve as a musical counterpart for the actor Alain Delon's famous good looks. Being a perfectionist, he opted for Stan Getz, one of the all-time great tenor saxophonists. Watching Getz's performance, Lautner decided to find a way to put the musician in the picture. He filmed Getz playing the opening theme, "Paris, Cinq Heures du Matin", solo, and it's the saxophonist's silhouette that appears during the credits sequence in the beginning of the film... The soundtrack turned out to be costly, but the director was pleased with the outcome. Sarde's instincts were right—Getz's saxophone gave the soundtrack a lyrical, nostalgic quality—fitting for Alain Delon's quest in the film for the sake of the past, to honor the memory of his dead friend".^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by Philippe Sarde.

1. "Paris, 5 H Du Matin" - 2:38
2. "Souvenirs" - 2:05
3. "Valérie" - 1:35
4. "Les Camions" - 1:30
5. "L'Attente" - 1:17
6. "Getz O Mania" - 3:07
7. "Mort d'un Pourri" - 5:30
8. "Montparnasse" - 3:37
9. "Cafeteria" - 1:23
10. "Les Aveux" - 1:08
11. "Rocquencourt" - 1:50
12. "Tout est Tranquille" - 1:50

Personnel

• Stan Getz - tenor saxophone
• Andy LaVerne - piano
• Marcel Azzola - bandoneon
• Rick Laird - bass
• Billy Hart - drums
• Efrain Toro - percussion
• London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Carlo Savina