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It was Belmondo's most popular movie since Le Casse (1972).

The film was the second most popular film at the French box office in 1975, after The Towering Inferno.

From a flying helicopter he jumps through the window into the flat and puts Minos down. Letellier decides he has had it and goes airborne. His next coup is to take hostages in a skyscraper. The serial killer can only scarcely elude Letellier, who chases him over the roofs of Paris. Minos keeps on murdering and leaving provoking hints until Letellier can identify him. Marcucci's death is no relief for Letellier who is now publicly accused of having neglected the Minos case in favour of settling his personal feud with his late archenemy. But this time Marcucci dies in the course of action. Just as before, Marcucci tries to escape in a spectacular manner when Letellier confronts him. While Letellier still has no trace of Minos, he comes across Marcucci's current whereabouts. The murderer always declares he had punished his victims for what he considers their impure life style. He calls himself 'Minos', referring to the Divine Comedy. Letellier is investigated for having fired the deadly bullet.īefore Letellier is cleared, a serial killer begins to murder young women, each time leaving a weird message at the site of crime. Moreover, during the pursuit an innocent bystander was killed by a stray bullet. Policeman Jean Letellier is under pressure, because the infamous gangster Marcucci escaped from him publicly.