The Tiger Brigades (French: Les Brigades du Tigre) is a period crime television series which originally ran between 1974 and 1983. Created by Claude Desailly,[1] it follows the activities of a police squad in the early twentieth century.
| The Tiger Brigades | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Genre | Crime drama |
| Created by | Claude Desailly |
| Written by | Claude Desailly |
| Directed by | Victor Vicas |
| Starring | Jean-Claude Bouillon Jean-Paul Tribout Pierre Maguelon |
| Composer | Claude Bolling |
| Country of origin | France Switzerland West Germany |
| Original language | French |
| No. of series | 6 |
| No. of episodes | 36 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 52 minutes |
| Production companies | Bayerischer Rundfunk France 2 ORTF TV-60 Filmproduktion Télécip |
| Original release | |
| Network | France 2 (France) ARD (West Germany) |
| Release | 21 December 1974 – 11 November 1983 |
In 2006, the film Les Brigades du Tigre was released, inspired by the television series.
Main cast
edit- Jean-Claude Bouillon as Commissaire Paul Valentin
- Jean-Paul Tribout as L'inspecteur Pujol
- Pierre Maguelon as L'inspecteur Terrasson
- François Maistre as Faivre, le patron
- Pinkas Braun as Gabrielli
References
edit- ^ Bosseno p.30
Bibliography
edit- Christian Bosseno. Télévision française La saison 2010: Une analyse des programmes du 1er septembre 2008 au 31 août 2009. Editions L'Harmattan, 2010.