Charles Bosquier, a role apparently written for French comedy superstar Louis de Funès, is the dictatorial headmaster of a French strict boarding school. No father could be deeper shocked ...
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Title: The Exchange Student (1967)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Louis de Funès | ... | Charles Bosquier | |
| Ferdy Mayne | ... | MacFarrell | |
| Martine Kelly | ... | Shirley MacFarrell | |
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François Leccia | ... | Philippe Bosquier |
| Olivier De Funès | ... | Gérard Bosquier | |
| Claude Gensac | ... | Isabelle Bosquier | |
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Maurice Risch | ... | Stéphane Michonnet |
| Jacques Dynam | ... | Croizac, le livreur de charbon | |
| Dominique Davray | ... | Rose | |
| Mario David | ... | L'automobiliste | |
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Jean St. Clair | ||
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Christiane Muller | ... | La bonne des Bosquier |
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Denise Provence | ... | La comtesse |
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Françoise Girault | ... | Une vacancière avec le chien |
| Silvia Dionisio | ... | Une vacancière avec le chien (as Sylvia Dionisio) | |
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Charles Bosquier, a role apparently written for French comedy superstar Louis de Funès, is the dictatorial headmaster of a French strict boarding school. No father could be deeper shocked to find one of his own sons miserably failed his exams, and too embarrassed to enroll him for his own summer-school, so he sends Philippe to England as exchange student. Philippe planned to save his sailing plans with friends by sending fat nerd Stephane Michonnet to England using his name, which comes out when Michonnet gets indigestion. Meanwhile Charles expects his spoiled favorite son, Gérard, who tells daddy about all the other schoolboys for money, to chaperon Shirley, the daughter of his English counterpart MacFarrell, but the girl gets all French boys horny, so even his perfect record is soon gravely soiled as dad spies on them, and he and Shirley join Philippe and his friends. Now the headmaster chases the kids' yacht -incognito, to avoid a scandal- all the way to England, where his ... Written by KGF Vissers
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exchange student | male objectification | headmaster | sailing | chase |Certificate:
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Stuntman and pilot Jean Falloux died in an airplane crash in September 1967 during the filming of the movie. A tribute to his memory is in the beginning credits.. See more »Goofs
Around 00:35:30, Gérard is saying something but his lips clearly tell something else. See more »Quotes
MacFarrell: Don't you offend me! You are just a silly little man, a tiny man, a tiny man, no aristocrat in you!See more »
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1 December 1967 (France) See more »Also Known As:
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I quite agree with Elmaruecan82's long and excellent review. I will take away one further star because of the treatment and terrible shooting conditions those poor horses in the last scene obviously had to go through. Just for this I would recommend boycotting this movie! But it's too bad because, as has been observed, the premise is great and a perfect opportunity for a fun, cross-cultural window on 1967, and all the right comedians are in the cast (even Claude Gensac). It's just mostly bad, over-the-top, comedic stuff, deprived altogether of the quasi-surrealism of the best De Funès entries of his prime years. Even himself plays kind of low-key here... And his verbal fighting scenes with his English antagonist are poorly improvised...