Emile Chenal and his wife, Françoise, leaned on boxing manager Jim Fox Warner to cough up the considerable sum of money that he owes them, with both the police and the mob circling the situation. In the same hotel, Inspector Neveu looks into a murder that took place years before, and his storyline overlaps with the arc of the Chenals.
Is Detective on Netflix? Yes! The movie Detective is now on Netflix in the countries listed below.
| Writing | Alain Sarde | Screenplay |
| Directing | Jean-Luc Godard | Director |
| Writing | Philippe Setbon | Screenplay |
| Production | Christine Gozlan | Producer |
| Camera | Bruno Nuytten | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Jean-Luc Godard | Screenplay |
| Editing | Marilyne Dubreuil | Editor |
| Production | Alain Sarde | Producer |
| Camera | Pierre Novion | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Louis Bihi | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Anne-Marie Miéville | Screenplay |
| Lighting | Christian Weyers | Gaffer |
| Editing | Philippe Tourret | Color Timer |
| Sound | Jean Schwarz | Music Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jean-Pierre Eychenne | Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Richard Debuisne | Second Assistant Director |
| Sound | François Musy | Sound |
| Sound | Bernard Chaumeil | Sound |
| Sound | Pierre Gamet | Sound |
| Production | Christine Gozlan | Production Manager |
| Production | François Menny | Unit Manager |
| Production | Dominique Besnehard | Casting |
| Sound | Jean-Marc Lentretien | Sound Mix Technician |
| Directing | Hélène Sébillotte | Script Supervisor |
| Production | Reynald Calcagni | Production Manager |
| Sound | Bernard Le Roux | Sound |
| Sound | Franz Schubert | Music |
| Sound | Richard Wagner | Music |
| Sound | Frédéric Chopin | Music |
| Sound | Franz Liszt | Music |
| Sound | Arthur Honegger | Music |
| Sound | Emmanuel Chabrier | Music |
| Sound | Ornette Coleman | Music |
| Sound | Jean Schwarz | Music |
| Directing | Reynald Calcagni | Assistant Director |
