The Gendarme Takes Off

Name: The Gendarme Takes Off
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1970-10-28T00:00:00.000Z
Rating: 6.344

About The Gendarme Takes Off

The whole clique of Cruchot's police station is retired. Now he lives with his rich wife in her castle - and is bored almost to death.

The Gendarme Takes Off (1970) is a comedy film directed by Jean Girault. Louis de Funès takes the lead as Ludovic Cruchot, Jean Lefebvre as Lucien Fougasse, Guy Grosso as Gaston Tricard, and Michel Modo as Jules Berlicot.

Released in October 1970, it runs 90 minutes. Written by Jacques Vilfrid and Jean Girault.

Shelv files it under amnesia, chaos, nostalgia, and retirement. In the United States it streams on France Channel Amazon Channel. It scores 6.3 out of 10 from 569 TMDB voters.

Children of Men, Battle: Los Angeles, and Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez make useful companions to The Gendarme Takes Off, all filed under hippie.