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The Gardener of Argenteuil (1966)
Directed by Jean-Paul Le Chanois
Crime, Comedy · 1h 26m
Tulipe, is an old man who lives alone in an old railway carriage in the Argentueil region of Paris. His main passions are gardening and oil painting, but he also has a secret source of income. His godson discovers that Tulipe is actually a master forger, producing perfect copies of 10 franc notes. His godson’s girlfriend sees this as an opportunity to get very rich – but she must persuade Tulipe to forge 500 franc notes. Assuming Tulipe’s agreement, his godson and his girlfriend buy an expensive new car and luxury villa in provincial France – but there is a cruel turn of fate in store for them when Tulipe strikes up a friendship with a millionaire playboy.
Cast
Jean Gabin
M. Martin dit « Le père Tulipe »
Liselotte Pulver
Hilda
Pierre Vernier
Noël, filleul de Tulipe et neveu d'Albert
Jean Tissier
Albert, le brocanteur
Curd Jürgens
Le baron Édouard de Santis dit « Doudou »
Noël Roquevert
Le patron du restaurant « exotique »
Alfred Adam
L'homme en robe de bure (Le nouveau Noé)
Katrin Schaake
Patricia
Serge Gainsbourg
Patrick Gérard
Jeanne Fusier-Gir
Marguerite, l'altesse joueuse au casino
Claude Nicot
Le patron d'Hilda
Crew
- Director
- Jean-Paul Le Chanois
- Writer
- François Boyer, Alphonse Boudard, Jean-Paul Le Chanois
- Novel
- René Jouglet
- Director of Photography
- Walter Wottitz
- Original Music Composer
- Michel Colombier, Serge Gainsbourg
- Editor
- Emma Le Chanois
- Producer
- Roger de Broin, Raymond Danon
Details
- Original title
- Le Jardinier d'Argenteuil
- Release date
- 1966-10-07
- Runtime
- 1h 26m
- Genres
- Crime, Comedy
- Original language
- FR
- Spoken languages
- French
- Countries
- France
- Production
- Films Vertried, Les Films Copernic