Comedy ·Crime · France · 1964 · 1h 35m

Dandelions by the Roots

Des pissenlits par la racine

Dandelions by the Roots poster
Director
Georges Lautner
Cast
Louis de Funès as Jacques, le cousin de Jérôme, dit « Jockey-Jack », petit truand Michel Serrault as Jérôme Martinet, contrebassiste et comédien Mireille Darc as Rockie « la Braise », femme entretenue Francis Blanche as L'oncle Absalon, le savant farfelu Maurice Biraud as Jo Arengeot, un petit truand sortant de prison Darry Cowl as Gratiopoulos, le milliardaire à la soirée
Crew
Maurice Fellous — Director of Photography Georges Delerue — Original Music Composer Michel Audiard — Writer Clarence Weff — Writer Georges Lautner — Writer Clarence Weff — Novel
Synopsis

Jockey Jack has a bill open with a gangster just released from jail. He somehow manages to parry the gangster's knife attack backstage at a theatre and the latter ends up dead being put into a double bass case. A day later the gangster mysteriously has disappeared, but it turns out that he was carrying a bet ticket for a horse race now worth over a million. A turbulent run for the money begins.

Key Collaborators
Georges Lautner Director Maurice Fellous Director of Photography Georges Delerue Original Music Composer Michel Audiard Writer Clarence Weff Writer Georges Lautner Writer Clarence Weff Novel
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