Dandelions by the Roots

Dandelions by the Roots

95 mins | Comedy | May 6, 1964

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.

Dandelions by the Roots

95 mins | Comedy | May 6, 1964

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.
IMDb rating 5.8
Producers Cocinor, Les Films Marceau, Film Columbus, Ardennes Films, Transinter Films
Original title Des Pissenlits par la Racine
Directors Georges Lautner
Writers Clarence Weff, Michel Audiard, Georges Lautner

Cast

Louis de Funès

as Jockey Jack

Michel Serrault

as Jérôme

Mireille Darc

as Rockie La Braise

Francis Blanche

as Absalon

Maurice Biraud

as Jo Arengeot

Darry Cowl

as Gratiopoulos

Raymond Meunier

as La Douane

Hubert Deschamps

as Général Fréderic Cédille

Gianni Musy

as Riton

Colette Régis

as Christine

Malka Ribowska

as La comtessa

Jacqueline Rivière

as Dorothee

Yves Barsacq

as Inspector

Michel Dacquin

as Pastor

Guy Grosso

as Emíle

Venantino Venantini

as Pierre Michon