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Dandelions by the Roots (1964)
Directed by Georges Lautner
Comedy, Crime · 1h 35m
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.
Cast
Louis de Funès
Jacques
Michel Serrault
Jérôme Martinet
Mireille Darc
Rockie
Francis Blanche
Absalon
Maurice Biraud
Jo Arengeot
Darry Cowl
Gratiopoulos
Raymond Meunier
La Douane
Hubert Deschamps
Frédéric Cédille
Gianni Musy
Riton
B
Barbara Brand
Actress Playing Countess Sonia
Paola Barbara
S
Simone Landry
Christine's Guest
Crew
- Director
- Georges Lautner
- Writer
- Clarence Weff, Georges Lautner, Michel Audiard
- Novel
- Clarence Weff
- Director of Photography
- Maurice Fellous
- Original Music Composer
- Georges Delerue
Details
- Original title
- Des pissenlits par la racine
- Release date
- 1964-05-06
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Genres
- Comedy, Crime
- Original language
- FR
- Spoken languages
- French
- Countries
- France, Italy
- Production
- Cocinor, Les Films Marceau, Film Columbus, Ardennes Films, Transinter Films