The Gendarme Takes Off
Released: October 28, 1970Runtime: 90 minLanguage: FR
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 Funes
as Maréchal des logis-chef Ludovic Cruchot
Jean Lefebvre
as Maréchal des Logis Lucien Fougasse
Guy Grosso
as Maréchal des Logis Tricard
Michel Modo
as Maréchal des Logis Berlicot
Nicole Vervil
as Mme Gerber
France Rumilly
as La mère supérieure
Yves Vincent
as Le colonel de gendarmerie examinateur
Christian Marin
as Maréchal des Logis Albert Merlot
Claude Gensac
as Josépha Cruchot
Michel Galabru
as Adjudant Jérôme Gerber
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