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The Gendarme Takes Off (1970)

Original title: Le Gendarme en balade

1970-10-28 · 1h 30m · FR
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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.

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Louis de FunèsLouis de FunèsLudovic CruchotJean LefebvreJean LefebvreLucien FougasseGuy GrossoGuy GrossoGaston TricardMichel ModoMichel ModoJules BerlicotNicole VervilNicole VervilCécilia GerberFrance RumillyFrance RumillySchwester ClothildeYves VincentYves VincentColonelChristian MarinChristian MarinAlbert MerlotClaude GensacClaude GensacJosépha CruchotMichel GalabruMichel GalabruJérôme GerberSara FranchettiSara FranchettiSchwester Marie-BénédicteUgo FangareggiUgo FangareggiHippie

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AmnesiaNostalgiaChaosHippieRetirementColleagueParis suburbGeneration gapRetireeGendarmerieRocketSaint tropezParisian surburbPolice uniform stolenSaint-tropez, france

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Genre affinityComedyTheme affinityAmnesia · Nostalgia · ChaosDialogue densityComedyPacingShortDirector preference204051Actor preference204043 · 204040 · 204024

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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.

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The Gendarme Takes Off has a runtime of 90 minutes.

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