Comedy · France · 1970 · 1h 30m

The Gendarme Takes Off

Le Gendarme en balade

Director

Cast

Louis de Funès as Ludovic Cruchot Jean Lefebvre as Lucien Fougasse Guy Grosso as Gaston Tricard Michel Modo as Jules Berlicot Nicole Vervil as Cécilia Gerber France Rumilly as Schwester Clothilde

Crew

Pierre Montazel — Director of Photography Armand Psenny — Editor Raymond Lefèvre — Original Music Composer Jacques Vilfrid — Screenplay Jean Girault — Screenplay Richard Balducci — Screenplay

Synopsis

The whole clique of Cruchot's police station is retired. Now he lives with his rich wife in her castle - and is bored almost to death. He fights with the butler, because he isn't even allowed to do the simple works. But when one of the clique suffers from amnesia after an accident, all of the others reunite and kidnap him, to take him on a tour to their old working places and through their memories. In their old uniforms they turn St. Tropez upside down.

Mood & Themes

Key Collaborators

Jean Girault Director Pierre Montazel Director of Photography Armand Psenny Editor Raymond Lefèvre Original Music Composer Jacques Vilfrid Screenplay Jean Girault Screenplay Richard Balducci Screenplay René Pignières Producer Sydney Bettex Production Design Jacques Cottin Costume Design

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