Des pissenlits par la racine

5.6

95 minutes

5/6/1964

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.

Cast List

Louis de Funès
as Jockey Jack
Michel Serrault
as Jérôme Martinet, actor and cousin of Jockey Jack
Mireille Darc
as 'Rockie la Braise'
Francis Blanche
as Absalon
Maurice Biraud
as Jo Arengeot
Darry Cowl
as Gratiopoulos
Raymond Meunier
as 'La Douane'
Hubert Deschamps
as General Fréderic Cédille
Gianni Musy
as Riton aka "Pom Chips"
Barbara Brand
as Actress who plays Sonia
Paola Barbara
Simone Landry
as Guest of Christine
Colette Régis
as Christine
Malka Ribowska
as The Countess
Jacqueline Rivière
as Dorothée
Yves Barsacq
as Police inspector
Charles Bouillaud
as Léon, concierge of the Théâtre de Paris
Michel Dacquin
as Pastor
Michel Duplaix
as Prop master
Guy Grosso
as Emíle, bartender
Roger Paschy
as Prop master
Émile Riandreys
as Stage manager of the theater
Venantino Venantini
as Pierre Michon, theater actor
Madeleine Barbulée
as Aunt Ophélie (voice)
Raymone
as Palmyre, the madwoman
Marcel Bernier
as Prop master (uncredited)