Dandelions by the Roots

Dandelions by the Roots (1964)

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.

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  • Release Date: 1964-05-06
  • Runtime: 1h 35min
  • Director: Georges Lautner

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Cast

  • Louis de Funès

    Jockey Jack

  • Michel Serrault

    Jérôme Martinet, actor and cousin of Jockey Jack

  • Mireille Darc

    'Rockie la Braise'

  • Francis Blanche

    Absalon

  • Maurice Biraud

    Jo Arengeot

  • Darry Cowl

    Gratiopoulos

  • Raymond Meunier

    'La Douane'

  • Hubert Deschamps

    General Fréderic Cédille

  • Gianni Musy

    Riton aka "Pom Chips"

  • Barbara Brand

    Actress who plays Sonia

  • Paola Barbara

  • Simone Landry

    Guest of Christine

  • Colette Régis

    Christine

  • Malka Ribowska

    The Countess

  • Jacqueline Rivière

    Dorothée

  • Yves Barsacq

    Police inspector

  • Charles Bouillaud

    Léon, concierge of the Théâtre de Paris

  • Michel Dacquin

    Pastor

  • Michel Duplaix

    Prop master

  • Guy Grosso

    Emíle, bartender

  • Roger Paschy

    Prop master

  • Émile Riandreys

    Stage manager of the theater

  • Venantino Venantini

    Pierre Michon, theater actor

  • Madeleine Barbulée

    Aunt Ophélie (voice)

  • Raymone

    Palmyre, the madwoman

  • Marcel Bernier

    Prop master (uncredited)