Hercule et Sherlock

Hercule et Sherlock is a 1996 French comedy film directed by Jeannot Szwarc and starring Christopher Lambert. This marks his first venture away from action films and B-movies and into family-friendly comedy.

Hercule et Sherlock
Directed by	Jeannot Szwarc
Written by	Joseph Morhaim and A Sanford Wolf (Original Story) Valentine Albin (Adaptation) Marie-Christine de Montbrial and Michel Frichet (French Version) Laurent Chalumeau (Additional Dialogue)
Produced by	Marie-Christine de Montbrial
Starring	Christopher Lambert Richard Anconina Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu
Cinematography	Bernard Lutic
Edited by	Kako Kelber Françoise London Chantal Pernecker
Music by	Gabriel Yared
Production companies	Agepro Cinéma Les Films Alain Sarde M.F. Productions TF1 Films Production
Distributed by	BAC Films
Release date	4 December 1996 (1996-12-04) (France)
Running time	95 min.
Country	France
Language	French
Budget	$10.5 million
Box office	$7.2 million[1]

Plot

When a counterfeiter is captured, two of his thugs have to work with two counterfeit money-sniffing dogs named Hercule and Sherlock in order to find the lost cash.

Cast

• Christopher Lambert as Vincent
• Richard Anconina as Bruno
• Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu as Marie
• Roland Blanche as Antoine Morand
• Béatrice Agenin as Nicole Morand
• Élise Tielrooy as Pauline
• Laurent Gendron as Daniel

Reception

Isabelle Danel from Télérama was not very enthusiastic about the film, stating that only dogs and people below 12 years would find the film interesting.^[2]