Dandelions by the Roots

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.

5.4

95 min

Cast

Louis de Funès

as Jacques, le cousin de Jérôme, dit « Jockey-Jack », petit truand

Michel Serrault

as Jérôme Martinet, contrebassiste et comédien

Mireille Darc

as Rockie « la Braise », femme entretenue

Francis Blanche

as L'oncle Absalon, le savant farfelu

Maurice Biraud

as Jo Arengeot, un petit truand sortant de prison

Darry Cowl

as Gratiopoulos, le milliardaire à la soirée

Raymond Meunier

as "La Douane", un complice de Jo

Hubert Deschamps

as Le général Frédéric Cédille

Gianni Musy

as Riton « Pommes-Chips », le petit truand assassiné

Barbara Brand

as La comédienne qui joue Sonia

Paola Barbara

Simone Landry

as Une invitée de Christine

Colette Régis

as Christine, la maîtresse de maison

Malka Ribowska

as La comédienne qui joue la comtesse Natacha

Jacqueline Rivière

as Dorothée, l'ex-collègue musicienne de Jérôme

Yves Barsacq

as L'inspecteur de police

Charles Bouillaud

as Léon, le concierge du théâtre

Michel Dacquin

as Le pasteur

Michel Duplaix

as Un accessoiriste

Guy Grosso

as Émile, le barman

Roger Paschy

as Un accessoiriste

Émile Riandreys

as Le régisseur machiniste du théâtre

Venantino Venantini

as Pierre Michon, comédien

Madeleine Barbulée

as La tante Olphie (voix)

Raymone

as Palmyre, la folle

Marcel Bernier

as Un accessoiriste (non crédité)

Director

Georges Lautner