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Dandelions by the Roots
1964 5.6 (45 votes) 1h 35m
Genres
Comedy Crime
Production Companies
Cocinor
Les Films Marceau
Film Columbus
Ardennes Films
Transinter Films

Dandelions by the Roots (Des pissenlits par la racine)

Overview

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 Crew

Director: Georges Lautner

Writer: Michel Audiard, Clarence Weff, Georges Lautner

Director of Photography: Maurice Fellous

Top Cast

Louis de Funès
Louis de Funès

Jockey Jack

Michel Serrault
Michel Serrault

Jérôme Martinet, actor and cousin of Jockey Jack

Mireille Darc
Mireille Darc

'Rockie la Braise'

Francis Blanche
Francis Blanche

Absalon

Maurice Biraud
Maurice Biraud

Jo Arengeot

Darry Cowl
Darry Cowl

Gratiopoulos

Raymond Meunier
Raymond Meunier

'La Douane'

Hubert Deschamps
Hubert Deschamps

General Fréderic Cédille

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