Le grand fanfaron
Released: June 16, 1976Runtime: 91 minLanguage: FR
Lieutenant Gilles Castelet would have liked to marry like anybody else. But he has always been under the sexual spell of Colonel Popoti's wife. Once returned to civilian life he tries desperately to escape her, all the more as she is now widowed and she shamelessly chases him away. One day, Gilles meets Charlie, a former army buddy. His friend, sorry about what happens to him, undertakes to rid him of the possession he is under.
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Michel Galabru
as Le lieutenant Gilles Castelet
Claude Melki
as Charlie Caponi
Micheline Dax
as La colonelle Popoti
Carole Chauvet
as Isabelle Popoti
Gilbert Servien
as L'ordonnateur
Yvonne Dany
as L'épicière
Ibrahim Seck
as Le balayeur
Jean Pierre Elga
as Un militaire
Alain Duhamel
as Le blessé
Philippe Clair
as la voix de Gilbert Malki
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