The Tiger Brigades

Television series

For the 2006 film, see The Tiger Brigades (film).

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 (1974-12-21) –
11 November 1983 (1983-11-11)

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.

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]

1. ^ 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.

## External links[edit]

* The Tiger Brigades at IMDb

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