Dandelions by the Roots (1964)

Director
Georges Lautner

Main cast
Louis de Funès; Michel Serrault; Mireille Darc; Francis Blanche; Maurice Biraud

Genres
Comedy

Description
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.


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