Hercule et Sherlock

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Hercule et Sherlock
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Directed by Jeannot Szwarc
Written byJoseph Morhaim and A Sanford Wolf (Original Story)
Valentine Albin (Adaptation)
Marie-Christine de Montbrial and Michel Frichet (French Version)
Laurent Chalumeau (Additional Dialogue)
Produced byMarie-Christine de Montbrial
Starring Christopher Lambert
Richard Anconina
Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu
Cinematography Bernard Lutic
Edited byKako 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.
CountryFrance
LanguageFrench
Budget$10.5 million
Box office$7.2 million [1]

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.

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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

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]

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References

  1. "Hercule et Sherlock (1996) - JPBox-Office".
  2. Danel, Isabelle (21 December 1996). "Hercule et Sherlock". Télérama.fr. Retrieved 20 May 2017.