Dandelions by the Roots
Des pissenlits par la racine
Release: 1964-05-06
·Runtime: 95m
·★ 5.4
Comedy
Crime
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.
Production Countries
France
Italy
Production Companies
Cocinor
Les Films Marceau
Film Columbus
Ardennes Films
Transinter Films
Cast
Venantino Venantini
as Pierre Michon, comédien
Louis de Funès
as Jacques, le cousin de Jérôme, dit « Jockey-Jack », petit truand
Michel Serrault
as Jérôme Martinet, contrebassiste et comédien
Raymond Meunier
as "La Douane", un complice de Jo
Paola Barbara
Charles Bouillaud
as Léon, le concierge du théâtre
Michel Duplaix
as Un accessoiriste
Hubert Deschamps
as Le général Frédéric Cédille
Yves Barsacq
as L'inspecteur de police
Roger Paschy
as Un accessoiriste
Émile Riandreys
as Le régisseur machiniste du théâtre
Madeleine Barbulée
as La tante Olphie (voix)
Malka Ribowska
as La comédienne qui joue la comtesse Natacha
Mireille Darc
as Rockie « la Braise », femme entretenue
Francis Blanche
as L'oncle Absalon, le savant farfelu
Colette Régis
as Christine, la maîtresse de maison
Marcel Bernier
as Un accessoiriste (non crédité)
Maurice Biraud
as Jo Arengeot, un petit truand sortant de prison
Darry Cowl
as Gratiopoulos, le milliardaire à la soirée
Gianni Musy
as Riton « Pommes-Chips », le petit truand assassiné
Michel Dacquin
as Le pasteur
Guy Grosso
as Émile, le barman
