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Le gendarme en balade

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  • 1h 47m
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Louis de Funès, Michel Galabru, Guy Grosso, Jean Lefebvre, Christian Marin, and Michel Modo in Le gendarme en balade (1970)
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The entire squad of gendarmes from Saint-Tropez has been retired. But there is no such power that could stop them from protecting the law and public order.The entire squad of gendarmes from Saint-Tropez has been retired. But there is no such power that could stop them from protecting the law and public order.The entire squad of gendarmes from Saint-Tropez has been retired. But there is no such power that could stop them from protecting the law and public order.
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    • Director
      • Jean Girault
    • Writers
      • Richard Balducci(based on the characters created by)
      • Jacques Vilfrid(dialogue)
      • Jean Girault(scenario and adaptation)
    • Stars
      • Louis de Funès
      • Jean Lefebvre
      • Guy Grosso
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    • Director
      • Jean Girault
    • Writers
      • Richard Balducci(based on the characters created by)
      • Jacques Vilfrid(dialogue)
      • Jean Girault(scenario and adaptation)
    • Stars
      • Louis de Funès
      • Jean Lefebvre
      • Guy Grosso
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    • 14User reviews
    • 5Critic reviews

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    Louis de Funès
    Louis de Funès
    • Maréchal des logis-chef Ludovic Cruchot
    Jean Lefebvre
    Jean Lefebvre
    • Maréchal des Logis Lucien Fougasse
    Guy Grosso
    Guy Grosso
    • Maréchal des Logis Tricard
    Michel Modo
    Michel Modo
    • Maréchal des Logis Berlicot
    Nicole Vervil
    Nicole Vervil
    • Mme Gerber
    France Rumilly
    • La mère supérieure
    Yves Vincent
    Yves Vincent
    • Le colonel de gendarmerie examinateur
    Christian Marin
    Christian Marin
    • Maréchal des Logis Albert Merlot
    Claude Gensac
    Claude Gensac
    • Josépha Cruchot
    Michel Galabru
    Michel Galabru
    • Adjudant Jérôme Gerber
    Sara Franchetti
    • Soeur Marie-Bénédicte
    • (as Sarah Franchetti)
    Ugo Fangareggi
    Ugo Fangareggi
    • Un hippie
    Christor Georgiadis
      Christine Reynolds
      René Berthier
      • Berthier, l'adjoint du colonel
      Paul Mercey
      Paul Mercey
      • L'abbé
      Henri Guégan
      • Le joueur de boules
      Dominique Zardi
      Dominique Zardi
      • Le braconnier
      • Director
        • Jean Girault
      • Writers
        • Richard Balducci(based on the characters created by)
        • Jacques Vilfrid(dialogue) (scenario and adaptation)
        • Jean Girault(scenario and adaptation)
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      • Trivia
        Last appearance of Jean Lefebvre and Christian Marin on the Gendarme saga.
      • Goofs
        When Cruchot is in the arsenal, released from a barrel, he wears a navy beret. In previous and following scenes he wears his normal gendarme kepi.
      • Alternate versions
        The Spanish Castilian version reduces the footage by 2 minutes.
      • Connections
        Featured in Louis de Funès intime (2007)

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      6/10
      Wildly uneven!
      This is an extremely uneven entry from the Gendarmes series, featuring Michel Galabru at a definitive peak (for the series) but De Funès alternating between brilliance and actual boredom (like what his character goes through at first in the film). Maybe this weariness my wife and I detected in his performance here was a foreboding of some of his health issues which will, a few years later, make him stop shooting physical comedy altogether, and will finally take his life so prematurely.

      His faithful partner Claude Gensac wrote in her autobiography that De Funès' humour was a logical one. His characters were behaving logically even in their over-the-top reactions. But here when he goes nuts over being pampered and looked after all the time by his rich wife's staff, he insists upon dirtying the car on purpose in order to have a chance to wash it by himself and thus splashes paint all over it… only to empty in the process another bucket of paint on top of his own head… You would never have seen a gag like this in a classic Gendarmes such as "Le gendarme de St. Tropez" or "Le gendarme se marie", because it does not make sense! That the priest enters into a grimace contest with De Funès in plain view before his wife – however funny some of those face exchanges can be – doesn't make any sense either and is gratuitous! There is also mediocre acting on the part, for instance, of the butler, which doesn't help some of those poorly written, ill-warranted or directed scenes…

      But when the Gendarmes don their uniforms under the orders of the hilariously perfect (i.e. constantly serious, grave and solemn) adjutant Gerber, we are OK gain, and the situations can get really funny, like the talking whistle bit which another reviewer has described so well!
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      • Release date
        • October 28, 1970 (France)
      • Countries of origin
        • France
        • Italy
      • Language
        • French
      • Also known as
        • The Troops on Vacation
      • Filming locations
        • Saint-Tropez, Var, France
      • Production companies
        • Société Nouvelle de Cinématographie (SNC)
        • Mega Film
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      • Runtime
        1 hour 47 minutes
      • Sound mix
        • Mono
      • Aspect ratio
        • 2.35 : 1

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