Dandelions by the Roots
Directed by Georges Lautner
Plot
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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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
Darry Cowl
Gratiopoulos, le milliardaire à la soirée
Raymond Meunier
"La Douane", un complice de Jo
Hubert Deschamps
Le général Frédéric Cédille
Gianni Musy
Riton « Pommes-Chips », le petit truand assassiné
Barbara Brand
La comédienne qui joue Sonia
Paola Barbara
Simone Landry
Une invitée de Christine
Colette Régis
Christine, la maîtresse de maison
Malka Ribowska
La comédienne qui joue la comtesse Natacha
Jacqueline Rivière
Dorothée, l'ex-collègue musicienne de Jérôme