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Dandelions by the Roots

Des pissenlits par la racine

1964 · 1h 35m · Comedy, Crime · France, Italy · Rated 16 (DE)

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.

Directed by
Georges Lautner
Written by
Clarence Weff, Georges Lautner, Michel Audiard
Based on the novel by
Clarence Weff
Starring
Louis de Funès, Michel Serrault, Mireille Darc, Francis Blanche
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