Dandelions by the Roots (1964)
Synopsis
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.
Release Date: 1964-05-06
Runtime: 95 minutes
Director: Georges Lautner
Top Cast
- Louis de Funès as Jacques, le cousin de Jérôme, dit « Jockey-Jack », petit truand
- Michel Serrault as Jérôme Martinet, contrebassiste et comédien
- Mireille Darc as Rockie « la Braise », femme entretenue
- Francis Blanche as L'oncle Absalon, le savant farfelu
- Maurice Biraud as Jo Arengeot, un petit truand sortant de prison
- Darry Cowl as Gratiopoulos, le milliardaire à la soirée
- Raymond Meunier as "La Douane", un complice de Jo
- Hubert Deschamps as Le général Frédéric Cédille
- Gianni Musy as Riton « Pommes-Chips », le petit truand assassiné
- Barbara Brand as La comédienne qui joue Sonia
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