Les Tontons Flingeurs (Crooks in Clover) (Monsieur Gangster) (1963)
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This crime comedy finds ex-gangster Fernand (Lino Ventura) receiving a call from a dying friend, a mob boss nicknamed "The Mexican" (Jacques Dumesnil). The doomed mobster talks Fernand into taking care of some criminal business and looking after his soon-to-be-married daughter (Sabine… More This crime comedy finds ex-gangster Fernand (Lino Ventura) receiving a call from a dying friend, a mob boss nicknamed "The Mexican" (Jacques Dumesnil). The doomed mobster talks Fernand into taking care of some criminal business and looking after his soon-to-be-married daughter (Sabine Sinjen). When a longtime mobster heavy, Volfoni (Bernard Blier) takes exception to Fernand for being an outsider, they come after Fernand who is equal to the task. He defends himself in a series of comical killings from the onslaught of the mob. Writer Albert Simonin adapted this comedy from his book Grisby or Not Grisby, with sharp dialogue written by Michel Audiard. Both Simonin and Audiard would later work on director Georges Lautner's Les Barbouzes/The Great Spy Chase which, along with Les Tontons Flingueurs, would again feature actors Francis Blanche, Lino Ventura and Bernard Blier. ~ Kristie Hassen, Rovi
- Directed By
- Georges Lautner
- Written By
- Michel Audiard, Georges Lautner, Albert Simonin
- Genres
- Action & Adventure, Art House & International, Comedy
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Nov 27, 1963 Wide
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Cast
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Lino Ventura
as Fernand
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Bernard Blier
as Raoul Volfoni
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Francis Blanche
as Folage the Lawyer
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Jean Lefebvre
as Volfoni's Brother
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Claude Rich
as Antoine Delafoy
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Sabine Sinjen
as Patricia
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Horst Frank
as Theo
- Charles Regnier
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Venantino Venantini
as Pascal
- Mac Ronay
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Robert Dalban
as Jean the Butler
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Pierre Bertin
as Alphonse Delafoy
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Jacques Dumesnil
as Louis "The Mexican"
