Le gendarme de Saint-Tropez
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| Le gendarme de Saint-Tropez | |
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| Directed by | Jean Girault |
| Produced by | SNC Franca Films |
| Written by | Richard Balducci Jean Girault Jacques Vilfrid |
| Starring | Louis de Funès Geneviève Grad Michel Galabru Jean Lefebvre Christian Marin |
| Music by | Raymond Lefèvre |
| Distributed by | SNC |
| Release date(s) | September 9, 1964 |
| Running time | 80 min. |
| Language | French |
| Followed by | Le gendarme à New York |
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Le gendarme de Saint-Tropez is a French comedy film with Louis de Funès. The film mostly takes place in Saint-Tropez, a French commune. Louis de Funès plays Ludovic Cruchot, one of the five gendarmes of Saint-Tropez. It is the first film in The gendarme series, and has spawned five sequels. The title translates to The gendarme from Saint-Tropez.
[edit] Synopsis
Ludovic Cruchot (played by Louis de Funès), a gendarme in a small French village, has been re-assigned to the seaside commune of Saint-Tropez under the orders of warrant officer Gerber (played by Michel Galabru).
Soon, the gendarmes find themselves confronted to a major problem: a group of persistent nudists. Cruchot manages to hatch a master plan and succeeds in getting the nude swimmers arrested.
Later, Cruchot discovers that his daughter and the latter's boyfriend have stolen and crashed an expensive sports car into a ditch. Cruchot manages to get the car out, but realizes that the objects he threw out of the car, among which a famous painting, are valuable items.
The man who pretends to own the painting then kidnaps Cruchot.
Finally, Cruchot's daughter and her friends knock out the group that kidnapped her father, and the painting is returned to its rightful owner.
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| Le gendarme series | |
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| Movies: |
Le gendarme de Saint-Tropez | Le gendarme à New York | Le gendarme se marie | |
| Main characters: |
Louis de Funès | Geneviève Grad | Michel Galabru | Jean Lefebvre | Christian Marin | Claude Gensac |
