Le gendarme en balade explained

The gendarme to stroll
Director:Jean Girault
Producer:Renè Pigneres et Gérard Beytout
Starring:Louis de Funès
Michel Galabru
Music:Raymond Lefèvre
Cinematography:Pierre Montazel
Editing:Armand Psenny
Distributor:SNC
Runtime:100 minutes
Country:France
Italy
Language:French
Gross:$36.5 million [1]

The gendarme to stroll (French: Le gendarme en balade) is a French comedy film and the fourth instalment of the gendarme series starring Louis de Funès and also known as "The Gendarme Takes Off"[2] and "The Troops on Vacation". It is followed by two more films: Le gendarme et les extra-terrestres and Le gendarme et les gendarmettes.

Plot

Changes are coming for the Gendarmerie Brigade of Saint Tropez. The gendarmes are forced into retirement to make way for a younger breed. Even so, when they learn that one of them has had an accident and has become amnesiac, they reunite to help him get his memory back. Along the way, they have to stop juvenile delinquents to put a nuclear warhead on a rocket said youths built, while being pursued by their younger colleagues.

Cast

Reception

The film was the most popular at the French box office in 1970 with admissions of 4,870,609.[3]

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.jpbox-office.com/fichfilm.php?id=8898 Le gendarme en balade (1970) – JPBox-Office
  2. Web site: The Gendarme Takes Off. 2013-01-20.
  3. Web site: 1970 Box Office in France. Box Office Story.