Dandelions by the Roots
May 06 1964
•2h 35m
•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.
Cast
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Louis de Funès
Jockey Jack
Michel Serrault
Jérôme Martinet, actor and cousin of Jockey Jack
Mireille Darc
'Rockie la Braise'
Francis Blanche
Absalon
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