Dandelions by the Roots

5.4 / 10

(49 votes)

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.

Country:

France,

Italy

Genre:

Comedy,

Crime

Duration:

95 minutes

Year:

1964

Director:

Georges Lautner

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Company:

Cocinor,

Les Films Marceau,

Film Columbus,

Ardennes Films,

Transinter Films

Cast:
Louis de Funès

Jacques, le cousin de Jérôme, dit « Jockey-Jack », petit truand

Michel Serrault

Jérôme Martinet, contrebassiste et comédien

Mireille Darc

Rockie « la Braise », femme entretenue

Francis Blanche

L'oncle Absalon, le savant farfelu

Maurice Biraud

Jo Arengeot, un petit truand sortant de prison

Crew:
Georges Lautner

Director

Clarence Weff

Novel

Georges Lautner

Writer

Clarence Weff

Writer

Michel Audiard

Writer